Supercar Special: 15,230 vehicles worth £770k+ each now on UK roads with Ferrari beating McLaren, Lamborghini and Bugatti May 9, 2022 There are now 15,230 so-called supercars on UK roads, with Ferrari topping the list, beating its main rivals McLaren and Lamborghini. Supercars are defined as high performance, road legal cars. Easily recognisable supercar brands such as Ferrari, McLaren and Lamborghini are best known for their speed and cost. The average price tag for a supercar [...]
Jet off to where well-heeled Athenians summer in Porto Heli, Greece May 9, 2022 THE WEEKEND: If you’ve done Crete, Corfu and Kos, follow royalty, billionaires and inthe-know A-listers to the Greek Riviera. Located on the eastern Peloponnese, pretty Porto Heli is known as the Hamptons of Greece and has been the holiday of choice for wealthy Athenians for years. It’s the ideal twin-centre break if you have time [...]
Marco Silva, attacking football and learning from Brentford: Why Fulham can stay up this time May 9, 2022 For the fifth year in a row Fulham are preparing to change divisions but there is a sense that, this time, it is different. The Championship concluded on Saturday without any anxiety over securing a play-off place, nor the gloom of relegation from the top flight. As winners of the second tier, Fulham were already [...]
Tottenham Hotspur fans urged to stop mocking Liverpool jobless with ‘Sign on’ chant May 9, 2022 A Tottenham Hotspur fans’ group has called on fans to stop singing a song that mocks historic poverty on Merseyside. The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust spoke out after some Spurs fans taunted the Liverpool faithful with the chant at Anfield on Saturday. “Singing about the opposition has long been a feature of English football, and [...]
France dominate semi-final schedule as clubs add to festival of rugby May 9, 2022 It’s no secret that France has been grabbing the headlines in international rugby: Six Nations champions, hosts of the next World Cup and home to the world player of the year Antoine Dupont. But fans the continent over are currently enjoying a golden era of French club rugby, too, with 19 of the possible 40 [...]
Chelsea ride storm to deliver first trophy since club put up for sale May 8, 2022 Chelsea are Women’s Super League champions for the third consecutive season after Emma Hayes’ side weathered a challenge from Arsenal and brought the club its first trophy since they were put up for sale and owner Roman Abramovich sanctioned. But early yesterday afternoon, on the final day of the season, Jonas Eidevall’s Gunners had one [...]
Manchester City answer critics and take big step towards title with Newcastle thrashing May 8, 2022 Four days after they stumbled in Madrid, Manchester City dusted themselves down and took a major stride towards retaining the Premier League title with the type of comprehensive home victory that has become their trademark. Sunday’s 5-0 victory over Newcastle United put City three points clear of title rivals Liverpool at the top of the [...]
Premier League talking points: Everton win nudges Leeds into relegation zone May 8, 2022 If Everton escape their first relegation for more than 70 years, they may well look back on this weekend, and a 2-1 Premier League win at Leicester, as the turning point. Goals from Vitaliy Mykolenko and Mason Holgate earned the Toffees back-to-back victories for the first time since September and lifted them out of the [...]
Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe: They don’t make rom-coms like this anymore May 7, 2022 The Globe Theatre is kicking off its first full summer season in two years with a thoroughly enjoyable garden party, and welcoming you to attend William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s most popular and uncharacteristically funny comedies. It centres around a pair of romances, one of which [...]
Oklahoma review: Sexy, edgy production has highs and lows May 7, 2022 It’s hardly the world’s best-kept secret that the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein, such as South Pacific and The Sound of Music, are crusty as hell. Written over 75 years ago, musical naysayers would call them sexist and perhaps even say their writing is banal – but many have retained a level of fame and [...]