Worcester woes suggest wider issues for rugby as a whole August 22, 2022 Rugby union has never been the cash cow that football has developed into and this week we could be seeing the latest club enter administration following a series of financial woes. It is expected, according to multiple reports, that west midlands Premiership club Worcester Warriors could suffer that fate later today following a winding-up petition [...]
Premier League: Title race back on as Newcastle hold Manchester City in thriller August 21, 2022 For a moment there it was looking like there might not be a title race, merely a Manchester City procession towards a third consecutive Premier League crown. But after Newcastle United gave them a torrid afternoon on Tyneside in a wildly entertaining 3-3 draw yesterday, City don’t look dead certs after all. Having taken a [...]
Aramco Team Series Sotogrande: Nelly Korda completes family clean sweep August 21, 2022 Nelly Korda justified her star billing and completed a family clean sweep with sister Jessica Korda by winning the individual title at the $1m Aramco Team Series Sotogrande. World No3 Nelly came from seven shots back overnight to win by three on 13 under par after carding a five under final round of 67 in [...]
Two Ukrainian Plays, Finborough Theatre, review: Haunting tales from Ukraine August 20, 2022 Some proceeds from Two Ukrainian Plays are donated toThe Voices of Children Charitable Foundation, a Ukrainian charity that provides urgently needed psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by the war in Ukraine. You can donate using this link above. The capital’s artistic organisations have been collaborating, producing and devising Ukrainian-themed work ever since Russia made [...]
Cycene chef Theo Clench reveals where he eats when he’s not cooking August 20, 2022 Theo Clench trained in Brighton before moving to London to work at a host of Michelin starred restaurants including Trinity, Clove Club and Portland. He then became executive chef at Fitzrovia’s West African restaurant Akoko. His next challenge is the soon to open Cycene restaurant within Shoreditch’s Blue Mountain School. The restaurant focuses on Eastern [...]
The Feast sees horror descend on the Welsh Valleys August 19, 2022 Rural horror films are all the rage. Whether it’s the windswept mania of The Lighthouse, or the Icelandic wilderness of last year’s Lamb, directors have found terror in nature, and that continues with The Feast. In the Welsh mountains, politician Gwyn (Julian Lewis Jones) and his wife Glenda (Nia Roberts) live a life of simmering [...]
Mama’s Affair: There’s more to this Hong Kong comedy than Cantopop stars Keung To and Jer Lau August 19, 2022 Mama’s Affair has made headlines for being the acting debut of Keung To and Jer Lau, members of Cantopop boyband MIRROR. They are directed by Kearen Pang, a popular Hong Kong multi-hyphenate artist who was a part of the show on which the band was discovered. But despite its pop-culture credentials, it’s the veteran star [...]
La Vuelta a Espana: Ones to watch as third Grand Tour departs August 19, 2022 This lunchtime the eyes of the cycling world will be on Utrecht, the unlikely starting point for the third and final Grand Tour of the year, La Vuelta a Espana. A Dutch Grand Depart kicks off the 77th edition of the race, which has traditionally followed the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, and this [...]
Manchester United takeover could cost $8bn (£6.7bn) but minority sale more likely August 18, 2022 Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, are more likely to sanction the sale of a minority stake but such a deal could pave the way for a full buyout costing as much as $8bn (£6.7m). That is the view of sports business experts following a surge in speculation that the Glazers could be persuaded to [...]
My Old School is a surprisingly nice documentary about the man who posed as a kid to go back to school August 18, 2022 A decade of Netflix true crime may lead you to believe there’s something sinister in the set up for British documentary My Old School. It’s the story of Brandon Lee – not Bruce Lee’s son, but the Scottish school student who in the mid-90s was revealed to be a 32-year-old man called Brian MacKinnon. It [...]