Review: The Purge 2 July 24, 2014 What would happen if, for one night a year, you were able to kill whoever you wanted and get off scot free? That was the shaky premise behind last year’s The Purge. It’s set 20 years into the future where crime is so rife that the US government sanctions an annual 12-hour period for the [...]
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest July 24, 2014 Lucy Bailey’s reimagining of The Importance of Being Earnest at The Harold Pinter Theatre sees an am-dram company rehearsing a chaotic version of the titular play. The result is a terrible production about a terrible production of a brilliant play – an unfortunate irony that would probably have raised a wry smile from Wilde himself. [...]
Review Disobedient Objects at the V&A July 24, 2014 The balaclava, the placard, the loudspeaker – the instruments of protest are well-established. Except they aren’t. As this exhibition at the V&A shows, the methods and means by which people have made their voices heard have been unimaginably varied. Think protest, and most people think violence, but the overriding impression given by the objects on [...]
Theatre Review: Medea July 24, 2014 A WOMAN driven by rage and jealousy to slaughter her children in a chillingly premeditated act of murderous revenge. In Greek tragedy, Medea is the ultimate portrayal of female wickedness – in Carrie Cracknell’s production at the National, it is not the wickedness but voicelessness which strikes us. “How could it end in any way [...]
Wiggins back on track for gold as Scots toast Games July 23, 2014 GLASGOW welcomed the Commonwealth Games with a vibrant opening ceremony last night, but the spotlight will fall on cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins today when competition begins in Scotland. Wiggins makes his track return at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome as part of an English team pursuit squad, hoping to add one of the few gold [...]
Commonwealth Games: What to look out for in first few days of Glasgow 2014 July 23, 2014 Today Sir Bradley Wiggins will bid for his first Commonwealth Games gold medal on day one in the track cycling team pursuit alongside England colleagues Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant; England’s Brownlee brothers, Olympic champion Alistair and former world champion Jonny, and Jodie Stimpson all have triathlon medal ambitions; Scottish swimmer Michael Jamieson [...]
Poppy link to Queen’s horse July 23, 2014 THE HORSE feed firm linked to the Queen’s mare Estimate says poppy seeds may have led to the 2013 Ascot Gold Cup winner testing positive for Morphine. Dodson and Horrell denies any contamination occurred on its site and confirmed an investigation is underway with a supplier regarding product Alfalfa Oil Plus. “It appears that any [...]
Critics forced Prior decision July 23, 2014 RELENTLESS media scrutiny was a principal factor in wicketkeeper Matt Prior quitting England duty for the rest of the summer, says Sussex manager Mark Robinson. Prior cited injury when making the announcement after England’s defeat to India in the second Test at Lord’s on Monday. “The media have hunted him mercilessly and made his position [...]
Vorm happy to vie with Lloris after joining Davies at Spurs July 23, 2014 HOLLAND goalkeeper Michel Vorm insists he is not worried about playing second fiddle to established No1 Hugo Lloris after completing his move to Tottenham last night. Vorm joined Spurs along with Swansea team-mate Ben Davies, the Wales defender, in a deal that sees Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson travel in the opposite direction. “Every club has [...]
The 2014 Commonwealth Games, and five other reasons Glasgow is still city of culture July 23, 2014 The Commonwealth Games opened in Glasgow last night and over the next two weeks tens of thousands of Londoners will make their way to the cultural heart of Scotland. They come as Scotland edges ever closer – according to the polls – to independence, giving the international showcase even more significance. But unlike other cities [...]