Wimbledon: The favourites to come out on top June 26, 2022 It’s fair to say that British players may not be the big favourites for either of this year’s singles Grand Slam titles. So just who is fancied to raise either of the trophies in 12 days time? Women’s favourites On the women’s side of the draw it is difficult to look past Iga Swiatek. The [...]
The alpha and omega of single malt whisky June 24, 2022 Diageo controls the world’s largest, most diverse portfolio of Scottish whiskies. With access to more than 9 million casks from around 30 distilleries – some of which are long closed – they can really roll out the barrel with their special releases, and that’s what they’re doing now with the third iteration of Prima & [...]
A Doll’s House Part 2 at the Donmar is a welcome sequel to Ibsen’s classic June 24, 2022 A visit to A Doll’s House Part 2 prompts a question – why can’t we leave Nora alone? Lucas Hnath’s play at the Donmar Warehouse is just the latest in a long line of spinoffs based on Ibsen’s quintessential feminist text. The original A Doll’s House famously ends with Nora leaving her husband, Torvald, and, more [...]
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is a joyous celebration of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll June 24, 2022 The life and times of Elvis Presley have been dramatised often over the years, from TV biopics to surreal fictional accounts such as 2002’s Bubba Ho-Tep. But a big budget biopic of one of the 20th century’s most famous figures has never been attempted until now. Directed by Baz Luhrmann with an eye-catching cast, Elvis [...]
That Is Not Who I Am at the Royal Court is weird and brilliant June 24, 2022 All is not what it seems in the Royal Court’s That Is Not Who I Am, an “internet thriller” directed by security industry veteran Dave Davidson. For a start, that isn’t really the name of the play – it’s called Rapture – and Dave Davidson doesn’t exist. It’s a bold gambit. From the outset the [...]
Ollie Phillips: My Premiership Rugby awards June 24, 2022 The season is over, Leicester Tigers are champions and I have enjoyed it completely. The lack of relegation has created new interest for me, and we’ve seen some real bolters, like Henry Arundell, earn an international chance on the summer tours. But now that all has been said and done, here are my Premiership awards. [...]
Right of reply: LTA is taking tennis to a wide audience, says chief executive Scott Lloyd June 23, 2022 Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Scott Lloyd responds to Ed Warner’s comment piece, published in yesterday’s City A.M., “Wimbledon too much of a good thing for LTA”. It’s difficult to know where to start with Ed Warner’s piece from yesterday when it contains inaccuracies and misconceptions. He criticises the LTA’s National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, [...]
FA director Baroness Sue Campbell on applying lessons from women’s game to disability football June 23, 2022 As Baroness Sue Campbell surveys the task ahead of her in disability football, she sees parallels with the job she took on when she joined the Football Association. “I came to the FA six years ago to put together a strategy to lead the women’s game and there are many, many similarities,” Campbell tells City [...]
Thank you for giving opportunity to thousands of Women like Philomene June 23, 2022 | Sponsored Four years ago City A.M. readers generously gave to the ‘Roots of Change’ Opportunity International appeal. In partnership with the UK government, who matched every donation, it raised an incredible £7.4 million! So, how has the money been used? Two-thirds of African farmers live in poverty and half are women, yet women produce on average [...]
Ed Warner: Wimbledon shows that the Lawn Tennis Association gets too much money June 23, 2022 If you want to know what’s wrong with tennis in Britain, look no further than Wimbledon. Blame the Championships for being such a phenomenal success that they bequeath the Lawn Tennis Association more money each year than it appears to be able to handle effectively, while simultaneously raising the public’s hunger for the LTA to [...]