18 July on this day… July 17, 2014 1976: James Hunt calls for champagne after winning the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch 38 years ago. Hunt went on to win the world championship and his famous battle with Niki Lauda that season would become the subject of the 2013 film Rush. Hunt had originally been disqualified at Brands Hatch after a first-corner crash [...]
Debuchy eyes Gunners glory July 17, 2014 FRANCE full-back Mathieu Debuchy is looking forward to helping FA Cup winners Arsenal to further success after completing a £10m move from Newcastle. Debuchy, 28, is Arsene Wenger’s second signing of the summer and a direct replacement for Bacary Sagna, who has joined Manchester City. “I’m very proud to be joining a great club like [...]
Valencia signing threat to Carroll July 17, 2014 WEST Ham’s record signing Andy Carroll could find his place under threat after the club completed a £12m deal for Ecuador striker Enner Valencia. Hammers boss Sam Allardyce fought off stiff competition to sign Valencia from Pachuca following an impressive World Cup, where he scored all three of his side’s goals. Valencia, 25, has played as [...]
Stokes hopeful England batters can pile on runs July 17, 2014 ENGLAND all-rounder Ben Stokes is targeting a fast start to day two of the second Test against India at Lord’s. A century from Ajinkya Rahane was the highlight for the tourists as they ended the opening day on 290-9 after fighting back from 145-7 as England failed to fully capitalise on a pitch ripe for [...]
Cyclist Tiernan-Locke gets two-year ban July 17, 2014 TEAM Sky chiefs have pledged to review their recruitment policy after sacking British cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke for incurring a two-year doping ban. Tiernan-Locke was suspended and had his 2012 Tour of Britain title stripped yesterday by cycling’s world governing body the UCI following a 10-month investigation. The UCI alerted the Plymouth rider to discrepancies in [...]
Battersea Power Station hosts London’s latest pop-up cinema July 17, 2014 The sun has definitely got his hat on, so it’s perfect weather for heading south of the river to watch a film outdoors in the shade of London’s most iconic derelict building. Boutique cinema franchise Everyman has set up a nine metre screen in front of an army of pastel beanbags for the city’s [...]
Review: Gilbert and George White Cube July 17, 2014 Famously, Gilbert and George have lived in the same house for 45 years. That house is on Fournier Street, the link between Old Spitalfields Market and Brick Lane, and a great vantage point from which to witness the changing face of London. Over the past two decades the area has turned from grungy, deprived backwater [...]
Review: The Events July 17, 2014 The Events tells the story of a mass killing in a rural British town. There are shades of Dunblane and the high-school shootings committed by American boys on the edge of sanity and society, but the biggest influence was Anders Beiring Breivik’s massacre of 69 young political party members on the island of Utoya in [...]
Review: Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon July 17, 2014 Some documentaries are motivated by anger, some by curiosity and some by a burning truth that needs to be told. Supermensch: the Legend of Shep Gordon (Michael Myers’ directorial debut) was motivated by love. “Shep Gordon is hands down the nicest person I’ve ever met,” says Myers to the camera, his eyes glistening. Looking at [...]
Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes July 17, 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes sees the latest franchise edge closer to the dystopian world envisioned in the 1968 original. Humanity is all but extinct after a pandemic of simian flu, which had the double-whammy effect of killing all but one in 500 people and making apes super-intelligent. Sometimes you just can’t catch [...]