A Dutch artist is creating tiny worlds suspended inside fragile glass tubes September 27, 2016 Standing at just a few inches tall, these lilliputian constructions from Dutch artist Rosa de Jong are the architectural equivalent of ships in a bottle. The series, entitled Micro Matter, presents miniature vertical townships of alien proportions, each suggesting a wider and more fantastical world beyond. Indeed, de Jong says she had initially intended to [...]
England boss Sam Allardyce faces uncertain future after undercover investigation September 27, 2016 England boss Sam Allardyce’s future looks uncertain after he last night faced a series of embarrassing accusations following an undercover investigation carried out by a national newspaper. Before his first match in charge of the Three Lions, Allardyce was filmed by the Telegraph allegedly advising reporters posing as representatives of a Far East firm on [...]
Burnley 2, Watford 0: Skipper Troy Deeney lays into “bullied” Hornets after Turf Moor demise September 26, 2016 Furious Watford skipper Troy Deeney admitted his side were bullied by a buoyant Burnley as the Hornets’ upturn in form came to a shuddering halt at Turf Moor last night. Watford had recorded back-to-back victories but headed goals from Burnley’s club record £10.5m signing Jeff Hendrick and defender Michael Keane settled matters in the Lancashire outfit’s [...]
Harry Kane’s scan results hand Tottenham and Mauricio Pochettino pre-Champions League boost September 26, 2016 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has been handed a major boost on the eve of his side’s crunch Champions League clash with CSKA Moscow after striker Harry Kane’s ankle injury was declared less serious than first feared. The 23-year-old hitman had been expected to be sidelined for up to eight weeks after suffering grade two ligament [...]
Sir Dave Brailsford defends Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins over Therapeutic Use Exemption controversy September 26, 2016 Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford insists they and rider Sir Bradley Wiggins have done nothing wrong amid the controversy over Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs). Wiggins has said that a TUE which allowed him to take a powerful steroid days before his successful 2012 Tour de France campaign was a legitimate measure to combat an [...]
Fifa’s decision to disband anti-racism task force branded “shameful” by former vice-president Prince Ali September 26, 2016 Former Fifa vice-president Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan has rebuked the decision of the world governing body to disband its anti-racism task force. Fifa’s decision was communicated to members of the task force over the weekend and confirmed by the organisation’s new secretary general Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura at the Soccerex conference in Manchester yesterday. [...]
Golf salutes its pioneering king Arnold Palmer after he dies, aged 87 September 26, 2016 Former world No1 Tiger Woods led the tributes to Arnold Palmer on Monday after one of golf’s most popular, successful and influential figures died aged 87. Palmer, who won seven Major championships and became one of the faces of the sport’s burgeoning popularity during the 1960s, passed away in a Pittsburgh hospital where he was [...]
West Ham co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold vow to arrest stuttering season September 26, 2016 West Ham joint-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold have moved to quash unrest among the club’s supporters after the Hammers’ disastrous start to the season plunged to new depths on Sunday. The Irons were thrashed 3-0 by Southampton at the London Stadium, a result which left the east London club marooned in the bottom three [...]
The glorious bus stops of the former USSR, as shot by photographer Peter Ortner September 26, 2016 Even in the often stifling artistic conditions that existed in the outer reaches of the Soviet Union, creativity found a way. While Soviet architects experimented with startling modernist buildings in Mother Russia, the outposts largely had to settle for endlessly repeating brutalist tower-blocks, each one as punishingly grey as the last. Municipal buildings – and [...]
Julius Shulman: the photographer who helped to define LA September 26, 2016 Many architects have made their mark on a place, planting seeds of creation that go on to define a street or neighbourhood. A select few become synonymous with a certain style, or even an entire city. But not many shape the way people think about an entire state; Julius Shulman achieved just that without designing [...]