Week's Best Reads: Texas Flash Floods, UK Trial Drama, Polo Scandal, Shakespeare's Benefits, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Player Signings

Discover gripping accounts of a Texas family swept away in flash floods, the dramatic UK trial of parents found guilty of manslaughter, a polo scandal involving cloned horses, the benefits of reading Shakespeare, a professor's view on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the tactics used in player signings.

Jul 20, 2025 - 12:44
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Week's Best Reads: Texas Flash Floods, UK Trial Drama, Polo Scandal, Shakespeare's Benefits, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Player Signings

IT’S A DAY of rest, and you may be in the mood for a quiet corner and a comfy chair. We’ve hand-picked some of the week’s best reads for you to savour.

Aaron Parsley’s survivors account of the flash floods in Texas earlier this month that swept him and six members of his family away is an extraordinary account of terror, courage and loss. (Texas Monthly, approx 23 mins reading time)

Sophie Elmhirst’s excellent reporting brings readers inside the trial of two parents, who were this week found guilty by a jury of the manslaughter of their newborn baby in a case that shocked the UK. (The Guardian, approx 43 mins reading time)

It is a sport that is seen by many as exclusive to the elite. In this piece, Matt Reynolds reports on how a deal made on a superyacht between a businessman and a player to clone his best horse became the sport’s biggest scandal. (WIRED, approx 29 mins reading time)

Kelsey McKinney on the benefits that come from reading The Bard. (Defector, approx 9 mins reading time)

A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies outlines why he believes Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. (The New York Times, approx 18 mins reading time)

As Tim Spiers writes, it takes more than few quid and a nice car to get players to sign for a club these days. He’s got the details of some of the methods and sweeteners that clubs use to make sure they get the player they want. (The Athletic, approx 10 mins reading time)

On this day, 56 years ago, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. This longread from 1969 immerses you in what it was like to watch the historic event in New York City. (The New Yorker, approx 28 mins reading time)

According to the source: The Journal.

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