Anne-Marie Duff in fine form in The House of Shades at the Almeida May 23, 2022 Sometimes an ambitious failure is preferable to a safe success, but that’s sadly not the case with The House of Shades. Even the incredible Anne-Marie Duff – on fierce form – is unable to pull together the threads of a play that’s part state-of-the-nation polemic, part kitchen sink drama, part Greek tragedy and part surreal [...]
No disguising that it’s a kind of magic May 23, 2022 | Sponsored In her May 2020 hit ‘Daisies’, pop susperstar Katy Perry asked: “When did we all stop believing in magic?” For anyone who saw her memorable performance at the American Idol 2020 finale they would have been in no doubt that magic is actually real as they experienced the first major application of visual storytelling company [...]
VEXO’s X-POT – simple, sophisticated and reliable May 23, 2022 | Sponsored Not all great innovation need be complicated. That can necessarily be the case, of course, but sometimes the simplest ideas can be the most brilliant. As Leonardo da Vinci so succinctly put it: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. And no less an engineer/scientist than Edsger Dijkstra believed that “simplicity is the prerequisite for reliability.” And [...]
From local scrap metal merchant to international trade excellence May 23, 2022 | Sponsored Donald Ward Limited trading as Ward began in the 1940s from humble beginnings as a small scrap metal collector. Based in Ilkeston in Derbyshire, the company was incorporated in December 1976 and fast forward to 2022, it’s now a fourth-generation company that processes around a million tonnes of materials annually; recycling products such as metals, plastics, glass, [...]
Three ways to radically rethink your workout ahead of summer May 23, 2022 If you feel stuck in a rut when it comes to your gym sessions, we have some tips and tricks totake you to the next level TIP 1: STRENGTHEN YOUR CORE Bar legs (a day famously skipped by many), the “core” is the area of the body people are most likely to shy away from [...]
New 2022 Rolls-Royce Phantom offers illuminated luxury May 22, 2022 Rolls-Royce has given its flagship Phantom a delicate makeover inside and out, including even more options for personalisation.
Alfa Romeo Tonale review: hybrid SUV leads the Italian renaissance May 21, 2022 The new Tonale is a hybrid SUV to rival the BMW X1, Audi Q3 and Volvo XC40. Can it turn around Alfa Romeo's fortunes?
How The Glass Menagerie landed Hollywood A-lister Amy Adams May 20, 2022 Hollywood star and six-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams is set to enchant the West End next week when she begins her run in a radically reimagined version of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. She will play Amanda Wingfield, an overbearing matriarch who, abandoned by her husband and bringing up her two children, longs for [...]
New Bentley Bentayga EWB is world’s most luxurious SUV May 20, 2022 Stretched by 180mm, the luxurious Bentayga Extended Wheelbase is Bentley's new flagship – and an SUV successor to the Mulsanne.
A toast to a famous Ukraine Eurovision win – with vodka of course May 20, 2022 Ukraine’s triumph at last weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest came as a surprise to no-one. The competition’s traditional regional, ethnic, and political voting blocs were abandoned, as voters from across the continent delivered their overwhelming support to the embattled people of Ukraine, and while the folk-rap number Stefania, by Kalush Orchestra, may not have won strictly [...]