French Open prize money 2023: Payouts return to pre-Covid levels for first time June 9, 2023 The winners of the French Open will receive as much prize money as they did before the Covid-19 pandemic for the first time this year. The men’s and women’s singles champions crowned this weekend in Paris are in line to earn €2.3m (£1.96m / $2.48m) – the same amount paid to the 2019 winners of [...]
All of It at the Royal Court: An astonishing trio of monologues June 9, 2023 What a strange and brilliant change of direction this new trio of acted poems represents for mercurial playwright Alistair McDowall. His philosophically dense sci-fi stories Pomona, X and The Glow all grappled with vast, existential questions but felt too big, too untamed, too messy for the stage. All of It at the Royal Court gives [...]
Chevalier review: A surprising and warm period biopic June 9, 2023 Biographies of famous faces are great, but some of the most affecting biopics in cinema have been about people who were not household names beforehand. After watching Chevalier, you may have a new name to research. The film is the true story of Joseph Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr), born in 1745 to an enslaved mother [...]
Bill Murray, 72, ‘dating Kelis, 43, after whirlwind romance’ June 9, 2023 Her Milkshake has apparently brought Bill Murray to the yard… In the most surprising relationship news of 2023 so far, Ghostbusters acting legend Bill Murray is reportedly dating Milkshake singer Kelis. Murray was spotted toe-tapping along to Kelis’ set at Mighty Hoopla last weekend, watching from the side of the stage, and apparently he’s been [...]
Everyone is talking about quiet luxury but there’s a problem June 9, 2023 Unless you have spent the first five months of 2023 on retreat or continuing your Second World War service for Imperial Japan, you will know that one of the most significant trends in the fashion world has been “quiet luxury” or “stealth wealth”. The concept is that the smartest of the smart are now dressing [...]
Alcaraz, Djokovic, Zverev and Ruud ready for battle at French Open June 9, 2023 It is almost the perfect final line-up; three of the four top seeds and a zippy, exciting German left standing in the men’s French Open semi-finals. Roland Garros this year has been a tournament of hostility. Fans have booed Russians, Belaurisans and Ukrainians alike while Brit Cameron Norrie became public enemy No1 amid controversy against [...]
James May on filming The Grand Tour’s ‘dangerous, burn-your-face-hot’ stunts June 9, 2023 The Grand Tour returns on 16 June and there are a couple of absolutely hair-raising stunts, including one where Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond attempt to drive onto a moving aeroplane as it drives down a runway. Stunts have always been a key part of The Grand Tour and Top Gear, and speaking [...]
War Pony is a character-driven tale from the American Honey team June 9, 2023 A hit at last year’s Cannes, War Pony is set in the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota reservation in South Dakota, within the Indigenous community that lives there. It focuses on two loosely-connected stories: Bill (Jojo Bapteise Whiting), a young father trying to hustle his way into a better situation; and Matho (Ladainian Crazy Thunder), whose [...]
Ollie Phillips: England should let the shackles off at front row and midfield June 9, 2023 On Monday morning, England head coach Steve Borthwick will name his initial training squad for this year’s Rugby World Cup. Though players from the four sides who made the Premiership semi-finals will not be included in the first squad of the summer, it’s hard to get excited given some of England’s selection woes. Today I [...]
Williams sisters buy team in Woods and McIlroy’s golf league June 8, 2023 Serena and Venus Williams have bought the first of six teams in the golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The tennis stars have linked up with the 23-time Grand Slam legend’s husband Alexis Ohanian to purchase “Los Angeles Golf Club”. “I like betting big – and betting early – on things in sports,” [...]