‘Golden source’ for ESG data will help listed firms decide where they put their cash November 8, 2022 A new ‘golden source’ for environmental and social governance (ESG) data will help listed firms decide where they put their money, and even what their values should be. Nina Spencer saw a gap in the market after more than 15-years sitting on company boards and advising leading fintech firms. Her new analytics and benchmarking database, [...]
Château Capitoul in the Languedoc region is gorgeous in cooler months November 7, 2022 THE WEEKEND: The cooler months are the finest time to arrive in the Languedoc region of southern France. Across a cloudless sky, white storks make their long way south to soak up the sun in Kenya’s savannah lands. Below them, the grape harvest is underway, taking place in vineyards said to be the oldest in [...]
Tom Kerridge’s The Hand and Flowers Marlow offers a new Michelin-starred travel package – I tried it out November 7, 2022 Tom Kerridge’s Hand and Flowers in Marlow is the only pub in the world with two Michelin stars. That prestige is reflected in eye watering pricing. One newspaper wrote an entire article about the £33 omelette, and the steak leaves you with a fiver’s change from one hundred pounds. I visit the river after dark [...]
It’s time your employer started taking mental health seriously November 7, 2022 It’s been a hard few years: a global health crisis, war, and now the shock of rising inflation, price hikes and a looming recession. It is hardly any surprise that according to mental health charity Mind, one in four of us will experience a mental-health problem this year, and one in six report experiencing a [...]
The Crown season 5 review: Subtle and sensitive, the outrage has got this show all wrong November 5, 2022 The Crown season 5 review: Forget the headlines that cry out that this show is sensational – the latest series is defined by its sensitive and careful storytelling. Elizabeth Debicki is an incredible Diana, the central force of this season, which documents probably the most challenging period for the royals since the Netflix drama began. [...]
Hunt film review: Squid Game star impresses in spy thriller November 4, 2022 Having been flung into global superstardom as the lead in Netflix hit Squid Game, Lee Jung-jae directs and stars in an espionage thriller that has been his passion project for a number of years. Set in the early 80s, Hunt opens in the wake of the assassination of South Korean President Park years earlier, which [...]
Weird – The Al Yankovic Story sees Daniel Radcliffe on comic form November 4, 2022 The spoof genre has been absent from Hollywood for a while. A mainstay on the big screen from the 70s to the 2000s, Nowadays Youtube and social media are a more fertile ground for cinema parody. However, one content creator has teamed up with a music legend to offer a feature length send-up of the [...]
Bill Nighy puts in the performance of his life in Living November 4, 2022 Despite having his big movie break in his late 40s, Bill Nighy is one of those character actors who feels like he has been around forever, providing strong support in everything from Pirates of The Caribbean to Pride. In Living, he gets the rare chance to take the lead in a movie that may just [...]
A Dead Body in Taos is a smart sci-fi that swings and misses November 4, 2022 A Dead Body in Taos starts promisingly. A young English woman is called to New Mexico following the sudden death of her mother. Daughter Sam’s initial shock at her mother’s apparent suicide grows exponentially when a tech company claims to have created a digital version of Kath, with her last wishes being to live on [...]
Lisboeta by Nuno Mendes is as good as you’d hope from the star chef November 4, 2022 Nuno Mendes knows what he’s doing. He worked for elBulli when it was the hottest kitchen in the world, combining art and science to change the way we think about modern cooking. He opened a gastro-pub in Hoxton just when it was dawning on regular joes like you and I that pub food could be [...]