Explained: How Tour Championship format works and FedEx Cup prize money is shared August 26, 2023 This weekend’s finale to the PGA Tour promises to answer a host of questions, but the most pressing for casual golf fans may surround the unusual mechanics of the Tour Championship format and the way that $75m of FedEx Cup prize money is carved up. From a sporting point of view, the most intriguing storylines [...]
London hotels are so much better when they stop refurbishing August 26, 2023 As a travel writer, my heart sinks when I check into a new London hotel and hear that it’s about to be refurbished. In fact, this goes for hotels all over the world. Sometimes a spruce up is necessary, of course, but most of the time it feels like hotels think the only way to [...]
Donald Trump mugshot rated: How does it compare to other celebrity mugshots? August 25, 2023 Donald Trump is nothing if not an innovator in the field of politics, this week adding “first ever mugshot of a former US president” to his list of dubious accolades. Clearly knowing the shot would be broadcast around the world, Trump has struck a fairly typical pose, glowering into the camera, right eyebrow slightly cocked, [...]
What to watch and Team GB medal hopes at World Athletics Championships this weekend August 25, 2023 The 2023 World Athletics Championships reach their conclusion this weekend, but before the last few medals are handed out there is still time to catch some top track and field action. Great Britain and Northern Ireland have medal hopes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Budapest, while there are other highlights worth making time to [...]
World Rugby streaming service to make all World Cup games available everywhere August 25, 2023 World Rugby has announced the launch of RugbyPass TV, a new streaming platform that will ensure live coverage of every game at the Rugby World Cup is available everywhere. British-based rugby fans will be able to follow the tournament in full on ITV’s channels, but in territories without blanket broadcast coverage the games will be [...]
7 amazing things to do in London this weekend August 25, 2023 It might be the end of August already, but there are still plenty of things to do in London to keep the summer feels alive for a little bit longer. A range of festivals and outdoor events are coming up this weekend to help you squeeze the last drop out of the summer holiday. Here [...]
The Crown season 6: details emerge about Princess Diana death scene August 25, 2023 It is one of the most talked-about TV moments of the year and The Crown season 6 hasn’t even happened yet. Netflix’s The Crown is set to air a storyline about Princess Diana’s death later this year when the final series comes out in November. Critics have hit out at the show for dramatising the [...]
Red Bull clean sweep, Hamilton’s contract and the other Formula 1 storylines to watch August 25, 2023 Before you have had the time to dust the house and buy new uniforms, the school holidays have almost come to an end – and the Formula 1 break is coming to a conclusion, too, with the circus back up and running this weekend in the Netherlands. Home hero Max Verstappen is well on his [...]
Dune: Part Two release date pushed back again due to strikes August 25, 2023 Fans are going to have to wait an excruciating amount of time for the Dune: Part Two sequel to finally drop. It was scheduled for later this year but due to the writers’ strikes in Los Angeles, the release date of the follow-up film has now been pushed back to 2024. It comes after the [...]
Live in the penthouse of that building in Battersea with the floating swimming pool August 25, 2023 Battersea has been dragged kicking and screaming into the high-end property world. Less than a decade ago it was a strange bubble of industrial wasteland, a place filled with old warehouses and the rusted remnants of esoteric machinery. Now it’s a gleaming residential and commercial Disneyland, supported by its own underground station and dominated by [...]