Americas

This Legendary Joni Mitchell Song Has Been Recorded Over 1,000 Times and Became Judy Collins’ First Hit in 1968

• Collins’s 1968 recording became her first Top 10 single.
• Joni Mitchell wrote the song after looking at clouds on a plane.
• More than 1,000 artists have recorded it.

Judy Collins had her first Top 10 single in 1968 with “Both Sides Now”, a song written by Joni Mitchell. Collins released it before Mitchell’s own recording, and the song’s lasting popularity is reflected in more than 1,000 recorded versions. Collins learnt the song when her friend Al…

Democrats win key races as crook drags M&S worker in Nottinghamshire

Roy Cooper has taken North Carolina’s Senate seat, while Debbie Wasserman Schultz was re-elected in Florida. More than 200 volunteers made 6,500 crocheted poppies for Remembrance Day, and Scottish filmmaker Louis Paxton joins the 2026 BAFTA Breakthrough list.

4 Top 40 Hits From 1968 That Stay on Repeat in My Car

• Four 1968 hits make the writer’s regular driving playlist.
• The selections span country, spooky pop, Beatles rock and hard rock.
• Familiar songs provide an energising soundtrack for long drives.

A music writer names four Top 40 hits from 1968 that she regularly plays on long car journeys: “Harper Valley P.T.A.” by Jeannie C. Riley, “Spooky” by Classics IV, “Lady Madonna” by The Beatles and “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf. The piece is a personal appreciation of…

Midterms Blue Wave Makes $917K for One Polymarket Trader, If Alaska Doesn’t Flip

• 0xA2’s reported profit reached $917,000 during the midterms.
• Most gains depend on Alaska’s final Senate result.
• Midterm prediction markets drew over $546 million in volume.

A Polymarket trader known as 0xA2 has built up a reported $917,000 in profit during the US midterm elections, largely from betting that Republicans would win none of the Senate swing states. Most of the gains are unrealised and depend on Alaska’s final result, so an upset could…