Arcadia at the Old Vic is a brilliant farewell to Tom Stoppard Life&Style Arcadia | Old Vic | ★★★★☆ Arcadia is a dizzying piece of work, as broad as the universe and as self-contained as a jigsaw puzzle. Through it Tom Stoppard addresses some of humanity’s great questions: do we have free will? Is poetry more important than science? Is there anyone Lord Byron didn’t shag? It opens [...]
Topshop and Topman losses revealed before John Lewis move Retail Losses at the joint venture behind Topshop and Topman have been revealed ahead of the brand’s return to UK stores next year. The brands were sold by online clothing retailer Asos to a joint venture alongside Danish retail tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen’s Heartland in September 2024. Asos had previously acquired Topshop and Topman along with [...]
What happened to River Island? Retail River Island is suffering from a common affliction. Declining sales and an inability to keep up with competition have led to a restructuring plan, with imminent store closures if the strategy goes ahead. High-street peers like Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins and Debenhams have already disappeared and become online-only – River Island is just the “latest [...]
The Capitalist: Chelsea Flower Show shuns celeb, a female billionaire boom and Reform vs Reform May 22, 2025 Run-ins at the Chelsea Flower show, the female billionaire boom and Reform think tank's name surrender; catch up on the latest gossip.
Venice Beach and Universal Studios in LA28 Olympic Games venues April 16, 2025 Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee will defend his title along Venice Beach as the latest round of venues for the 2028 Los Angeles Games were announced. Having triumphed in and around the Seine in 2024, Yee – who was this week named on the Forbes 30 under 30 sports list – will head to the [...]
Philip Green loses legal challenge over parliamentary privilege for court injunctions April 8, 2025 A legal challenge lodged by Sir Philip Green to curb parliamentary privilege to name individuals shielded by court injunctions has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Eight ECHR justices ruled on Tuesday that Article 8 – “Right to respect for private and family life” – had not been breached. The Strasbourg [...]
I hate immersive theatre. Can the British Pullman’s murder mystery change my mind? February 21, 2025 The British Pullman's latest offering invites guests to solve a murder mystery on board. Can it win over haters of immersive theatre?
Art on the Underground Unveils a New Permanent Artwork November 28, 2024 Today, 28 November 2024, Art on the Underground unveils a new permanent artwork by Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings at St James’s Park station, the only Grade I listed station on the Tube network. Angels of History is the first mosaic created by the artist duo, and is composed of six panels, each measuring 1.5 [...]
Asos to cut 200 jobs at head office as it battles cheaper fast fashion rivals September 25, 2024 Asos is planning to chop 200 roles from its head office as it looks to restructure its business in the face of mounting difficulties post-pandemic due to intense competition from cheaper rivals, according to reports. Asos said that current set-up was “no longer suitable for today’s business priorities and context… We need to move faster [...]
How Asos’ post-pandemic debt led it to sell Topshop September 5, 2024 Three years after buying the British high street brands Topshop and Topman from Phillip Green’s collapsed Arcadia empire, Asos has said it will sell 75 per cent of its stake in the brands to a joint venture with Heartland. Asos bought the brands at a buoyant time for the company when its stock was near [...]