Barry Hills can roll back the years with Fadhayyil April 30, 2015 GHANAATI’s triumph in the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas six years ago for Barry Hills remains the fastest ever carded in this race. This year, Hills’ hopes of landing a third 1,000 Guineas (3.40pm) rest with FADHAYYIL. In the same way that Ghanaati prepared for the first fillies’ Classic of the season in 2009, Fadhayyil worked on [...]
Toulon primed to clinch first ever European hat-trick April 30, 2015 HARRY MADLEY PREVIEWS THE ALL-FRENCH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP FINAL AND BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT TOTTENHAM V MAN CITY THE INAUGURAL European Champions Cup final between French pair Toulon and Clermont Auvergne will take place at Twickenham tomorrow. The clash is the seventh major European final between teams from the same country and, with a heavy [...]
Man City can continue winning spree over Spurs on Sunday April 30, 2015 AT FIRST glance Tottenham look a big price at 14/5 to see off a Manchester City side with nothing but pride left to play for in Sunday’s clash at White Hart Lane. The dream of successive titles went a long time ago for City but, with Liverpool slipping up of late, Betway are not even [...]
Maximum excitement on Mayweather v Pacquiao April 30, 2015 FLOYD Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao is one of the most-eagerly awaited sporting spectacles in history. Reportedly worth $250million, fans will be hoping it lives up to the hype. Sporting Index have 50 markets priced up on the bout already, covering everything from the winner, how many rounds the fight will last for, how many minutes [...]
Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao: Revenue, prize money, earnings, pay-per-view and all the figures behind the richest fight in boxing history April 30, 2015 Sporting history will be made this weekend when Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao duck under the ropes and prepare to face off in what is expected to be the richest boxing match of all time. When Michael Buffer’s unmistakable voice introduces the two fighters into the MGM Grand arena, the audience will be explicitly reminded [...]
Oh my god: A new book celebrates the finest in modern religious architecture April 30, 2015 German theologian Rudolf Otto popularized the idea of the “numinous”, a feeling of awestruck oneness with the Holy Other liable to induce fear, trembling, a widening of the eyes. Built in the right way, religious spaces can induce numinous feelings: from the towering, echoey symmetry of Salisbury Cathedral to the dizzying, hallucinatory tiled ceiling of [...]
Story time: Escape to the past with British painter Eleanor Watson April 30, 2015 Eleanor Watson paints light-dappled rooms full of frills, finery and baroque detailing. Sometimes shadowy, sometimes ablaze in brilliant oranges, her paintings have the texture and atmostphere of memories – passionate, randomly detailed and with the occasional blank spot. Working from photographs, she recreates idealised, dreamlike spaces that seem familiar from museums and period dramas. In [...]
Beautiful things: Maritime clocks and parrot lamps April 30, 2015 The romantic image of the seabound adventurer telling the time from the position of the sun was rendered obsolete by clocks like these. But what we lost in romance, we gained in style and craftsmanship. Wempe’s Senator Brass clock is a technical masterpiece, with an eleven-jewel Swiss rate regulator for ultimate precision. And that’s just [...]
Out on the tiles: Italian mosaic experts Bisazza on how the ancient artform has survived the millennia April 30, 2015 As passengers disembark at Gatwick’s South Terminal and make their way down ramps to the luggage carousel, they’re met by two giant portraits of the Queen. In one, piercing blue eyes stare out of a youthful, newly-coronated face, while the other is of a plumper, cheerier disposition. Everyone fixates on them, tourists and homecomers alike, [...]
Sky high: Introducing the most expensive homes in the world April 30, 2015 For the super rich, a trophy home isn’t simply a place to live, it’s a savvy investment; the discreet market in prestigious properties is booming and they’re selling for record-breaking prices. The cities that are home to these super-luxe homes also get an ego boost, as their ability to attract some of the wealthiest individuals [...]