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May 18, 2026
View of St Paul's Cathedral in London with surrounding buildings and rooftops in the foreground.
From the archive: St Paul’s Cathedral threatened by bridge

On this day 100 years ago

The Times
Portrait of ballerina Natalia Osipova in a green dress against a red curtain.
Birthdays today

Caroline Charles , fashion designer, 84; Chow Yun-Fat , actor, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), 71; Tina Fey , comedian and actress, creator of TV...

The Times
a drawing of a scroll and a feather in a circle
Births, marriages and deaths

WHENEVER I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of...

The Times
a coat of arms with two lions and a unicorn and the words dieu et mon droit
Court Circular

16th May, 2026 The King, Patron, this morning visited the Royal Windsor Horse Show in the Home Park, Windsor. 16th May, 2026 The Prince of Wales, Patron,...

The Times
Illustration of Earth showing the El Niño warm phase across the tropical Pacific Ocean.
Weather Eye: How the sun’s cycles may kick off El Niño

Plus the weather forecast where you are

The Times
Common blue damselfly resting on bracken.
Nature notes

Common blue damselflies are widespread across most of the UK. At just over 3cm long, they are smaller and more slender than most dragonflies, with an azure...

The Times
Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption with a large ash cloud.
On this day

In 1160 , according to legend, Erik IX, the Swedish king who became patron saint of Stockholm, was beheaded by a rival for the throne. The reliquary of...

The Times
May 16, 2026
Members of the Civil Constabulary Reserve riding on and around double-decker buses during the 1926 General Strike in Britain.
THE WAY WE WERE
Strike was the best tempered and most orderly in history

From The Sunday Times, May 16, 1926

The Sunday Times
a drawing of a scroll and a feather in a circle
Births, marriages and deaths

THEY still had their eyes fixed on the sky as he went away, when two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them and said, ‘Galileans, why are you...

The Times
French designer Christian Lacroix wearing a scarf in Munich.
Birthdays

Baroness (Kay) Andrews , deputy speaker (Lords) (2018-21), chairwoman, English Heritage (2009-13), 83; David Maclean , Lord Blencathra , Conservative MP...

The Times
May 18, 2026
From the archive: St Paul’s Cathedral threatened by bridge

On this day 100 years ago

The Times
May 18, 2026
Birthdays today

Caroline Charles , fashion designer, 84; Chow Yun-Fat , actor, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), 71; Tina Fey , comedian and actress, creator of TV...

The Times
May 18, 2026
Births, marriages and deaths

WHENEVER I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of...

The Times
May 18, 2026
Court Circular

16th May, 2026 The King, Patron, this morning visited the Royal Windsor Horse Show in the Home Park, Windsor. 16th May, 2026 The Prince of Wales, Patron,...

The Times
May 18, 2026
Weather Eye: How the sun’s cycles may kick off El Niño

Plus the weather forecast where you are

The Times
May 18, 2026
Nature notes

Common blue damselflies are widespread across most of the UK. At just over 3cm long, they are smaller and more slender than most dragonflies, with an azure...

The Times
May 18, 2026
On this day

In 1160 , according to legend, Erik IX, the Swedish king who became patron saint of Stockholm, was beheaded by a rival for the throne. The reliquary of...

The Times
May 16, 2026
THE WAY WE WERE
Strike was the best tempered and most orderly in history

From The Sunday Times, May 16, 1926

The Sunday Times
May 16, 2026
Births, marriages and deaths

THEY still had their eyes fixed on the sky as he went away, when two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them and said, ‘Galileans, why are you...

The Times
May 16, 2026
Birthdays

Baroness (Kay) Andrews , deputy speaker (Lords) (2018-21), chairwoman, English Heritage (2009-13), 83; David Maclean , Lord Blencathra , Conservative MP...

The Times