Theatre review: The Audience May 8, 2015 Cert 12a | ★★★☆☆ The Queen must be a hard act to follow. Not the monarch: the 2006 film about the Royal Family’s identity crisis following the death of Princess Diana. That film’s success was down to two people: writer Peter Morgan and Helen Mirren, who picked up a Best Actress Oscar for [...]
The Vote is a funny, touching love letter to the British democratic system May 7, 2015 Donmar Warehouse | ★★★☆☆ ”I only just wrote some of this… I hope it works out.” These aren’t the words you expect to hear from a playwright seconds before his latest work is performed, but The Vote is no ordinary play. It was broadcast in real-time on More4 last night as the final [...]
Something for the weekend May 7, 2015 SEW! REFASHION EAST A weekend of events promoting fashion upcycling in east London. Learn sewing skills and explore the area’s rich textile heritage with an east London walking tour beginning at the Whitechapel Gallery. Visit hubbub.org.uk. MUNCH! DUKE ON THE GREEN The well-loved gastro pub on the King’s Road is open again after a smart [...]
Forgotten man Launchbury itching to make comeback May 7, 2015 FORGOTTEN England and Wasps second row Joe Launchbury admits he is desperate to issue a reminder of his talents after an injury nightmare which threatened to leave his World Cup aspirations in tatters. The 24-year-old is set for a place on the Wasps’ bench for their crunch clash against play-off rivals Leicester tomorrow, in front [...]
Van Gaal entices Depay to snub Liverpool for £25m United move May 7, 2015 MANCHESTER United’s newest signing Memphis Depay admits he rejected offers from several of Europe’s top clubs in favour of agreeing a £25m summer transfer to Old Trafford. Depay is poised to join from Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven in June, subject to a medical next week, in a deal set to take United’s spending since last [...]
Roberts receives Wales assurance over Quins deal May 7, 2015 WALES head coach Warren Gatland has given centre Jamie Roberts the green light to join Harlequins by confirming that he will not freeze out players who sign for clubs outside of their homeland. England boss Stuart Lancaster has stuck rigidly to a policy of excluding foreign-based stars, resisting the temptation to pick successive European players [...]
Holders Sevilla close in on final after Viola romp May 7, 2015 HOLDERS Sevilla established a commanding lead in their Europa League semi-final first leg after dispatching Fiorentina 3-0 at the Ramon Sanchez Pijuan Stadium last night. Winger Aleix Vidal Parreu netted in each half, the first after a blunder by Fiorentina keeper Norberto Neto, while French midfielder Kevin Gamerio added gloss to the dominant performance with [...]
Pietersen: Morgan is better served in IPL than leading England May 7, 2015 MAVERICK batsman Kevin Pietersen insists one-day skipper Eoin Morgan is fully justified in continuing his Indian Premier League commitments rather than captaining England against Ireland in Dublin today. England will be led by Nottinghamshire’s James Taylor in Morgan’s absence in a clash which represents England’s first 50-over match since their catastrophic World Cup meltdown and [...]
Solid start for McIlroy at Players Championship as Spieth stalls May 7, 2015 WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy made a solid start to the Players Championship after carding an opening three-under-par 69 in the first round in Florida yesterday. Northern Ireland’s McIlroy lies two shots off the lead, which was shared overnight by Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, Canada’s David Hearn and United States duo Charley Hoffman and Kevin Na. Jordan Spieth, who moved [...]
Tac De Boistron has class to defy penalty in Ormonde Stakes May 7, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST OF THE RACING AT CHESTER AND ASCOT PLUS BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT CHELSEA V LIVERPOOL I REMEMBER watching TAC DE BOISTRON absolutely hose up on his second start for Marco Botti at Chester in September 2013 and vowed to back him blind if he ever returned to the Roodee, such [...]