Trevor Steven: Man City are misfiring in the middle but Pep won’t panic October 4, 2023 Manchester City have lost successive games and face two tough trips this week but let's not get carried away, says Trevor Steven.
Old Friends review: Sondheim honoured in show bursting with love October 4, 2023 Old Friends review and star rating: ★★★★★ What drew Bernadette Peters, living legend of Broadway, aged 75, after a half-century-long career in New York, to finally make her West End debut? Especially given she’ll make a considerably worse salary here compared to financially flush Broadway? A knees-up to celebrate musical impresario, Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim passed [...]
PGMOL release VAR audio of disallowed Liverpool goal v Spurs October 3, 2023 The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) have said they will implement changes to VAR processes after last night releasing the audio surrounding Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal for Liverpool against Tottenham Hotspur. The VAR team – made up of Darren England and Dan Cook – had wrongly thought that the goal had been given by [...]
A wine-lover’s guide to Sober October October 3, 2023 I fully support those doing Sober October, though I’ll be cheering from the side-lines with a glass of champagne in hand. It can be a worthwhile if rather grim undertaking, so here are my top tips for dealing with tee-totalism with style, flair and, most of all, flavour. Gone are the days of lacklustre lemonade [...]
England need best players playing in Premiership, says Care October 3, 2023 England international Danny Care has said he sees the positives of proposed hybrid international contracts if it keeps the country’s top rugby players in the English Premiership. A number of stars, such as Henry Arundell and Jack Willis, have fled overseas after the collapse of the rugby clubs last season while the surviving 10 outfits [...]
Everton could be sued for £300m by Leeds, Leicester and Burnley, reports October 3, 2023 Premier League club Everton and their proposed owners 777 Partners could be sued for £300m by Leeds United, Leicester City and Burnley should they be found guilty of breaching spending rules. The trio of clubs – two in the Championship and one in the Premier League – could chase the Toffees in court should they [...]
Why Aruba lives up to its nickname of ‘One Happy Island’ October 3, 2023 There are many places across the world where Brits aren’t truly welcome. Sure, our incessant politeness and love of queuing endears us to strangers, but we also like to drink, and we speak loudly and exclusively in our mother tongue. Amsterdam recently launched a “stay away” campaign specifically targeted at young British tourists in an [...]
Picture a Day Like This at the Royal Opera House: A beautiful ode to hope October 3, 2023 What does it mean to look for a miracle? Hope, as a uniquely human impulse, is the focus of composer George Benjamin and writer Martin Crimp’s latest operatic endeavour, Picture a day like this. This eagerly anticipated fourth collaboration between Benjamin and Crimp marks a departure from their grander operatic triumphs. Picture a day like [...]
Enjoy a luxury car retreat at the stunning Montagu Arms in the New Forest October 3, 2023 Even if you don’t own a classic car you can act like you do while you stay at the Montagu Arms in Beaulieu, a charming chocolate-box village in the heart of the ancient woodlands. THE WEEKEND Even if you aren’t a natural motorhead there is something bone-achingly cool about driving a red 1966 vintage Jaguar E-type. [...]
Sam Torrance: Giving Luke Donald a second Ryder Cup captaincy would be fine choice October 3, 2023 Former Ryder Cup captain and player Sam Torrance reflects on a European win over the that bodes well for the team and skipper Luke Donald.