Film review: Minions June 25, 2015 Cert U | ★★★☆☆ A large part of the Despicable Me franchise’s $1.5bn success, loveable sidekicks the Minions were bound to get their own spin off. This prequel follows the yellow babbling hoards as three of their number look to find an evil leader to serve, inadvertently causing chaos along the way in 1960s London. [...]
Film review: Slow West June 25, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★★★☆ In an era when capes and dinosaurs rule the box office, is there room for the Western in mainstream cinema? In recent years the genre has been adapted by more left-field filmmakers such as The Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino, both of whom brought their own auteurish instincts to bear [...]
Theatre review: The Motherf***er With the Hat is a wickedly comic, foul-mouthed romp that packs a sentimental punch June 25, 2015 Lyttelton Theatre | ★★★★★ The Motherf***er With the Hat is where you might end up if you commissioned Quentin Tarantino to write an episode of Eastenders. The plot makes the play sound like a far grimmer affair than it really is. Recovering alcoholic Jackie has just been released from prison for drug dealing. [...]
Perfect Saturday June 25, 2015 BREAKFAST AT FARM GIRL Get your Saturday off to a wholesome start at Farm Girl on Portobello Road. Australian Rose Mann’s cafe has just opened and will be serve up nutritious delights including superfood smoothies and chicken fried in coconut oil. Visit thefarmgirl.co.uk PRIDE PARADE IN THE AFTERNOON No city does Pride like London. Tens [...]
Brendan Foster: I’m convinced Mo Farah is clean June 25, 2015 Track great Brendan Foster says double Olympic champion Mo Farah is clean and insists he fully expects to commentate on the London 2012 5,000m and 10,000m gold medallist defending his titles in Rio next year. Farah has been dragged into a doping row following allegations that his American coach Alberto Salazar gave another runner [...]
Australia top order fires in Ashes warm up June 25, 2015 Australia’s batsmen hit their straps in imperious style as the tourists’ Ashes preparations began in earnest on a run-laden opening day of their warm-up clash against Kent at Canterbury yesterday. Left-handed opener Shaun Marsh, who filled in for the injured Chris Rogers alongside David Warner at the top of the order during Australia’s Caribbean tour, [...]
Johanna Konta: I had to take antiobiotics in Aegon International quarter final June 25, 2015 British No2 Johanna Konta revealed she had thwarted illness on her run to the last eight of the Aegon International after the morale-boosting streak came to an end yesterday. Konta, who beat top-15 stars Ekaterina Makarova and Garbine Muguruza on her way to the Eastbourne quarter-finals, lost 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 to Swiss 18-year-old Belinda [...]
Adams strikes gold again June 25, 2015 BRITAIN’S London 2012 hero Nicola Adams has claimed another piece of sporting history by winning boxing gold at the European Games. The 32-year-old beat Poland’s Sandra Drabik on points to win Britain’s 13th gold in Baku, Azerbaijan. Flyweight Adams became the first female Olympic boxing champion when she won gold in London three years ago.
England’s selection policy defended despite Young Lions’ European crash June 25, 2015 England's decision to omit high-profile Premier League players for their ill-fated European Under-21 Championship campaign has been defended by Football Association director of elite development Dan Ashworth. Gareth Southgate’s side crashed out of the Czech Republic tournament following a harrowing 3-1 defeat to Italy on Tuesday evening, which also meant England finished rock bottom [...]
Bournemouth set to splash out £8m for defender Mings June 25, 2015 Premier League newcomers Bournemouth are set to shell out a club record £8m to lure defender Tyrone Mings to the Goldsands Stadium from Ipswich Town. The 22-year-old, who can operate at left-back or centre-half, made 44 appearances for Ipswich last season. The Tractor Boys paid £10,000 to non-league side Chippenham Town for Mings in [...]