Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Star Luck can help Teetan get back to winning ways May 28, 2019 IT SURELY can’t get any better for reigning champion jockey Zac Purton at present. At Sha Tin over the weekend, he matched his personal best of riding six winners in a single meeting and added another two Group Ones to his already considerable tally in Hong Kong and Singapore. The Australian has now ridden a [...]
Trevor Steven: Strike pair can give Arsenal edge over Chelsea in Baku May 28, 2019 There is very little in the way of form to go on when teams have a 17-day gap from their last fixture to their next, as is the case for Chelsea and Arsenal in Wednesday’s Europa League final. Instead, a match like this is usually decided by fine margins and small advantages. I have a slight [...]
In commercial television, image is everything May 28, 2019 It was Andre Agassi who brought us the phrase “Image is everything”. He was chasing the corporate dollar of camera giant Canon when he uttered the immortal words, which he soon found being shouted back to him on the tennis court. Three words, three commonplace words, but, strung together at that moment in the late 1980s [...]
Neuroscience could be key to unlocking your brain’s true potential May 28, 2019 Our brains have been humanity’s best adaption. Despite sharing 90 per cent of our DNA with our primate cousins, it’s the faster evolution of our grey matter which has helped us rise to dominance while others are still chewing grass. Our cerebral cortex (the part responsible for higher cognition) is disproportionately larger than those of [...]
The tenant fee ban is good news for landlords May 28, 2019 From 1 June, it will be illegal for tenants in England to be charged letting fees, with deposits capped at six weeks’ rent. Anyone who rents their home will see the benefits in the tenant fee ban, with tenants expected to save an average of £400 per move. More importantly, this policy marks the beginning [...]
Farewell to Theresa May, the most ineffectual Prime Minister in modern history May 28, 2019 When Theresa May departs from Number 10 for the final time, her portrait will be added to the collection which snakes down the main staircase. It is the ritualised ending for all Prime Ministers, good, bad or indifferent. It will be hard for her to walk down those stairs without thinking of her legacy, and [...]
As Brexit rages, the European project unravels before our eyes May 28, 2019 While the London foreign policy commentariat obsesses over the pathetic soap opera that is Brexit, it almost entirely misses the obvious and strategically vital point next door: the European project is in irretrievable decline, becoming increasingly peripheral to any serious global geopolitical discussion. The just-concluded European elections, which have underlined the rise of populism and [...]
DEBATE: Is the government right to ban single-use plastics like straws in a bid to reduce ocean pollution? May 28, 2019 Is the government right to ban single-use plastics like straws in a bid to reduce ocean pollution? Amelia Womack, deputy leader of the Green Party, says YES. The government’s ban on straws, drinks stirrers and plastic-stalked cotton buds is an important development in the right direction. It should be supported, but on the understanding that it [...]
Narendra Modi’s India can be a valuable partner for Britain in tumultuous times May 28, 2019 Last week, we witnessed two momentous elections, and two nations at a crossroads. In the UK, the country engaged in a strategic game of votes in the European elections, and Theresa May met her inevitable fate as the latest victim of Brexit. In India, Narendra Modi won the largest democratic election to ever take place, [...]
Gaps between tenancies can be a real money sink. Here’s how to avoid them May 24, 2019 Most experienced landlords will know that the biggest real losses come from long periods between tenancies, where they can end up haemorrhaging money if the presentation and marketing of their property isn’t well managed. The areas that are often the cause of these voids are: Difficulty in access for viewings Poor presentation Too high a [...]