Standon Calling festival: A photo-journal of this amazing festival August 8, 2023 Festival season is coming to a close. We sent photographer Mike Williams to Standon Calling to take a photo-journal of the event, from the amazing performances to the quieter moments and the food wagons. Here’s what he found.
Citi bank partners with Ryder Cup ahead of Rome showdown August 8, 2023 Investment bank Citi will become a leading partner of the Ryder Cup for the next two editions of the intercontinental golfing tournament. The New York headquartered firm will become a worldwide partner and official financial services partner to the biennial tournament, which this year takes place in Rome before heading to Bethpage Black, NY, in [...]
Porsche 718 Spyder RS review: A Spyder that flies August 8, 2023 The new 718 Spyder RS is the ultimate Porsche Boxster and a glorious assault on the senses. Tim Pitt drives it.
Corinthia hotel London is where to take your date celebrity spotting August 8, 2023 The new Velvet Bar has opened at the Corinthia Hotel, one of the grandest central London hotels. We checked in to try it out A sharp intake of breath, then my masseuse pummelled me some more. “I like to fix people.” As I exhaled she put her bodyweight on a knot in my upper back [...]
Kick It Out: 70 per cent of football fans would now call out mates for discrimination August 8, 2023 Football has become a “safer, more inclusive and more welcoming” sport over the past 30 years, according to anti-discrimination group Kick It Out. The organisation celebrates its three decade anniversary today and has released an impact report on the progress made in football. The study found that 70 per cent of fans said they would [...]
DeChambeau’s 58 a huge moment for LIV Golf’s future August 8, 2023 It’s fair to say that LIV Golf has been the metaphorical banished sister of the traditional golf tours since its inception in 2021. It was cast aside, discarded and looked down upon by many on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour. But Sunday evening may have been the moment when LIV Golf shattered the [...]
Rugby World Cup: Steve Borthwick’s England squad verdict August 7, 2023 And there we have it, England’s squad for next month’s Rugby World Cup in France. It has been named much earlier than any other northern hemisphere nation but it’s done and dusted, and it’s on head coach Steve Borthwick and England to make it work across the channel. It is a mixed squad; experience against [...]
Exclusive: IOC could ban Iran from Olympics over human rights abuses August 7, 2023 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stands ready to ban Iranian athletes from competing at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris if human rights abuses in the country continue, City A.M. understands. With tensions in the nation between protestors and both the government and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, athletes have been targeted by the regime. Former [...]
Kane: Tottenham reject €100m Bayern bid for striker August 7, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly rejected the latest Bayern Munich offer for star striker Harry Kane. The German club are believed to have offered a package worth in excess of €100m (£86m) in what was their third tabled attempt at signing the England international but the two clubs are around £25m apart. The bid, made on Friday, [...]
Go to Porto Montenegro to gawp at the most expensive yachts in the world August 7, 2023 The marketing slogan for Porto Montenegro, a luxury 450-berth marina and residential village, is A Life less Ordinary. And what could be less ordinary than the accompanying launch photo of a small boy fishing with his dad from the back of their boat: a gigantic superyacht? Given this new development is funded by the Investment [...]