Sh!t Theatre review: Evita Too is the most fun you’ll have in the theatre this year October 7, 2022 Sh!t Theatre’s latest completely ridiculous but utterly barmstorming show begins with a question. Would you rather hear a Wikipedia page recited as context for the performance, or watch founders Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit roller skate around the theatre naked? You can guess how the show opens, and it’s classically barmy stuff from the trope [...]
Tosca is the English National Opera show to catch this autumn October 7, 2022 The English National Opera returns for a brand new season – and it does so in style! Last seen at the Finnish National Opera in 2018, Christof Loy’s production of Puccini’s Tosca is the opening gambit of the 2022-2023 offering. Tosca not only includes some of Puccini’s finest arias, but is undoubtedly one of opera’s [...]
The Woman King review: An accomplished historical epic October 7, 2022 One surprising benefit of 2022’s lighter release schedule is the different types of film that have been given a platform. Joining that trend is historical epic The Woman King, which offers a familiar story in a completely different context. Viola Davis takes the title role of General Nanisca, a military leader in the African kingdom [...]
London toasts Europe’s top talent at ‘Oscars of Tech’ October 7, 2022 | Sponsored Europe’s leading investors and technology entrepreneurs gathered in London’s Hilton Park Lane last night, Thursday 6 October in celebration of the 20th annual GP Bullhound Investor Allstars. Dubbed the ‘Oscars of the tech world’, Investor Allstars is one of the leading events celebrating the very best of Europe’s vibrant tech industry, shining a light on [...]
Advances in eye health October 7, 2022 | City Talk May Griffith, PhD, Marie-Claude Robert, MD, Samir Jabbour, MD, and Isabelle Brunette, MD Department of Ophthalmology, Université de Montréal The first-in-human attempt to regenerate the human cornea was a team effort led by May Griffith, who is currently a Université de Montréal (UdeM) professor of ophthalmology. Together with Isabelle Brunette and the Swedish clinical trial [...]
Ollie Phillips: West Country derbies can resurrect bad week for Premiership October 7, 2022 Premiership Rugby has not covered itself in glory off the field this week but the product on the pitch is still gripping fans. The situation at Worcester is dire and is a reminder of how fragile professional sport can be. But with this week’s fixtures, there’s no way I cannot discuss a pair of mouthwatering [...]
Ralph Hasenhuttl on thin ice as Southampton head to free-scoring Manchester City October 6, 2022 The irony will probably not be lost on Ralph Hasenhuttl if his last match in charge of Southampton proves to be Saturday’s trip to Manchester City. The Premier League champions are the team that Saints’ new regime has looked to more than any other in recent months as it has sought to shake up the [...]
Shri Mani: A story of success after sight is restored October 6, 2022 | City Talk The Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation shares a story of a patient in Nepal that was cured of needless cataract blindness in 2021. Shri Mani Rai lives in the remote area of the Himalayan outback and suffered with cataract-induced blindness for many years without any medical treatment. With access to the area restricted due to [...]
Dustin Johnson could bank record $22m prize money at LIV Golf event in Bangkok October 6, 2022 A row over world ranking points may be dominating the agenda ahead of this weekend’s LIV Golf Invitational in Bangkok but by the end of it all the talk could be about Dustin Johnson and the biggest prize money payout in the history of the sport. Johnson stands to bank $22m (£20m) in total if [...]
Richard Eyre: ‘Usually there’s a dark side to national treasure actors’ October 6, 2022 The number of over-60s around the world will almost double from 2015 to 2050, according to the latest data from the World Health Organisation. Amid this staggering rise, the NHS is facing constant calls for further funding, and health inequality widened significantly under the pandemic. For Richard Eyre, director of Iris and Notes On A [...]