Horse Racing Betting Tips: Jefferson has been Waiting Patiently to unleash her aeroplane February 14, 2019 WHAT a strange week that was. Last Thursday racing was suspended due to the equine influenza outbreak and there were concerns that next month’s Cheltenham Festival could be in trouble. Thankfully the show is now back on the road and we’re blessed with a proper Super Saturday tomorrow. The ITV4 cameras will be showing action [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Monalee all set for first Festival glory in Ryanair February 14, 2019 THOSE of you with long memories will remember that I recommended backing Henry De Bromhead’s MONALEE at fancy ante-post prices for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle back in 2017. Everything looked to be going swimmingly rounding the home turn as the favourite Death Duty started to tread water and when Monalee took over coming down [...]
Horse Racing Preview: David Pipe looks at his chances this weekend February 14, 2019 WHAT a strange week we have had with the whole equine influenza saga. I’m glad that common sense has prevailed, and we are now back racing. We vaccinated all of ours last month and routinely take temperatures twice a day, so it hasn’t really affected us much. All our staff have been taking extra care [...]
Ollie Phillips: England’s emphasis on the collective has turned the side into a multi-faceted one with a shot at a Six Nations Grand Slam February 14, 2019 England have enjoyed a perfect start to the Six Nations but the length of the tournament and physical nature of rugby means squad depths will always be tested. Mako Vunipola was one of the stand-out players in the wins over Ireland and France but an ankle injury means the back-up options now come into question. [...]
Options are running out for the man who destroyed Venezuela February 14, 2019 It takes some front for a man who has presided over a double-digit recession for three successive years to claim that his country is being destabilised by a “gang of extremists” rather than his own inept economic performance. But that is exactly what Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro did this week, when he stated that the [...]
DEBATE: Is Valentine’s Day just a commercial gimmick? February 14, 2019 Is Valentine’s Day just a commercial gimmick? Beatrice Timpson, a political communications consultant, says YES. Frankly, if he turns up on Valentine’s Day without a Cards Galore “Be mine forever” teddy, a bunch of garage-forecourt-fresh coronations, and a candle reeking of potpourri, ditch him. He’s clearly not serious. He’ll run off with Audrey the au pair before [...]
It’s time to take back control – of our data February 14, 2019 Cambridge Analytica. Mark Zuckerberg in front of the US Congress. The first data breach of 2019 occurring less than 24 hours into New Year’s Day. The use and abuse of data is no longer something that we can afford to ignore. Consumers are coming to understand that their data is an economic asset for media companies, [...]
Elementary, my dear: Predicting Brexit in the style of Sherlock Holmes February 14, 2019 Sherlock Holmes said that when you’ve eliminated the impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. So how can we apply this principle to Brexit between now and the deadline of 29 March? Here are the six things that we know for sure. One, there is no majority in the House of Commons [...]
It’s Valentine’s Day – here’s what to do when your romantic and professional lives collide February 14, 2019 If you date anyone in your industry, make sure you’re prepared to marry them. The stakes are just naturally so much higher when you decide to work with your partner – or date your colleague. In one fell swoop, you can tear up your relationship and professional status, divide a workplace into rival factions, and have [...]
Chris Tremlett: Mark Wood’s fiery return against West Indies showed England’s need for speed February 13, 2019 Mark Wood’s return to the England Test side was brilliant to see. It’s been a long time since we saw such a spell of fiery fast bowling and it was both hugely enjoyable and hugely effective. Wood took career-best figures of 5-41 in the first innings of the final match in the West Indies this [...]