Matthew Engel tours Middle England in search of the root of voter disillusionment

Doyen of radio cricket commentary will hang up his microphone in September

National identity matters less in an age of globalised sport

Geography is destiny in this historical meditation on the peculiarities of the English

The pursuit of novelty is leading to ever-shorter forms of the game

The holder of this title until now would, for me, have been Muhammad Ali

Amity between old adversaries almost certain to crumble once first ball is bowled

Impact of pandemic has halted nearly 400,000 housing transactions

Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries

Pandemic puts more pressure on Masayoshi Son’s bet on beleaguered WeWork

Business ease in adapting to lockdowns changes attitudes to remote set-ups

Some leases prohibit doing business — plus what to do when coronavirus halts completion of a sale

Owner of some of UK’s biggest shopping malls still faces uphill struggle

Landlords reject call for 50% reduction, saying hotel group is using Covid-19 crisis to cut costs

Before the world went into lockdown, Rebecca Watson found herself in a very different kind of confinement

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall

Company says it will be ‘several years’ before revenues return to 2019 levels

Office group founder files lawsuit over largest investor’s decision to pull out of $3bn tender offer

Company must not bet the bank on expansion; estate agents have nowhere to go

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic

Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19

Behaviour of Brazil’s ‘walking crisis’ president sparks backlash among one-time allies

All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed

Flashpoint between Brazil’s populist leader and political establishment over response to virus

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Tensions escalate between president and the speaker of Congress’s lower house over response to coronavirus 

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Tareck El-Aissami has little experience — and a $10m US bounty on his head

Decades of philanthropy pay off for one of Wall Street’s most complicated figures

David Enrich’s salutary tale of Deutsche Bank’s overreaching ambitions

Maduro’s economic rescue plan offers little hope to people struggling to get by 

President Macri asks for early disbursement of funds as refinancing worries grow

Franklin Templeton funds have lost $1.2bn on biggest Argentine positions

Investor blames peso mayhem on ‘massive speculative attack’ and local over-reaction

Iron ore giant in second disaster in 3 years after mud and waste surges through valley

President Lenín Moreno says deal will save his country from Venezuela’s fate

Just two years ago investors rushed to snap up 100-year debt sold by Buenos Aires

Creditor group says restrictions on trading could be forcing bonds into ‘rogue’ hands

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed

Foreign investors have learnt the hard way that short-termism can be a virtue, not a vice

Bondholders weigh deal with Macri against negotiating with likely successor Fernández

Revised terms draw support from some creditors in key test before government debt crunch

Creditors prepare for tough negotiations after IMF calls on them to share the pain

Analysts expect the country to make bondholders an offer they cannot accept

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus

Creditors denounce government restructuring plan as unacceptable