Track and Field at Commonwealths shows British Athletics there’s no more excuses August 8, 2022 At the weekend 30,000 fans crammed into Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium for a Saturday evening session of athletics. On show were British superstars Keely Hodgkinson, Laura Muir and Zharnel Hughes. But the loudest cheer of the night was for Rosefelo Siosi from the Solomon Islands. The 25-year-old long-distance runner came last in the 5,000m – by [...]
Thames welcomes the Götheborg, the ocean’s largest wooden sailing ship August 8, 2022 If you were along the Thames this morning, this might’ve noticed a giant pirate ship-esque vessel smoothly sliding through Tower Bridge. That was the Götheborg, passing through London on its way to Asia. It made quite the storm on social media, where workers and tourists stopped for a moment to film the pristine transition of [...]
Why Devon’s Salcombe is the new hotspot for holidaying Londoners August 8, 2022 Apparently there’s been a raft of Londoners arriving in Salcombe absolutely fuming. Their Chelsea Tractors have been getting stuck down Devon’s tiny roads, and even the most expensive sat-navs are flummoxed by the windy-windy routes. What’s caused the spike in first-time visitors that seem to be getting lost, and were they aware before they set [...]
Over 60 per cent of Premier League contracts open to abuse, research suggests August 8, 2022 Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs believes that a “significant number” of Premier League football clubs and players are underpaying tax, new analysis from law firm Pinsent Masons will reveal today. Pinsent Masons says that 64 per cent of Premier League footballers’ contracts now take a form which HMRC says is open to abuse. This follows [...]
Premier League: Haaland shines for City while Man United get wake-up call August 7, 2022 Only one club have managed to win three Premier League titles back-to-back – Manchester United, twice – but Manchester City made the perfect start in their bid to be the second club to do so when Erling Haaland became the second City player after Sergio Aguero to score two goals on his league debut. Haaland’s [...]
British MotoGP race provides hope for sport’s up-and-coming icons August 7, 2022 As Francesco Bagnaia stormed into first place at the Silverstone MotoGP earlier this afternoon, organisers had been hoping for a big turnout after last month’s record-breaking crowds at the racetrack. In July the largest ever F1 British Grand Prix was held at the 5.89km track in Northamptonshire, bringing an estimated £100 million to the county. [...]
Thirteen Lives sees Ron Howard tackle the Tham Luang cave rescue August 6, 2022 Some moments in history are described as being “like something from a movie”, and the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue certainly fits that description. Thirteen Lives is the third film based on the rescue, and has Oscar-winning director Ron Howard behind the camera. Four years ago, a boys’ football team explored a cave after practice. [...]
Prey is the Predator prequel we didn’t know we needed August 6, 2022 At a time when legacy sequels are all the rage, Prey is a bit of an oddity. It’s a prequel to 1987’s Predator, but you wouldn’t know that from the posters or publicity, with the film going in a different direction to John Mc Tiernan’s classic, and its many mediocre sequels. Coming straight to streaming [...]
Andermatt in the Swiss Alps is gorgeous in summer August 6, 2022 THE WEEKEND: Ask any sweaty, AC-deprived Londoner during the recent heatwave, and they’ll tell you that the city is no place to spend summer. It’s no surprise then that during warmer months, the average Swiss city-dweller will flee to the cool of the nearby mountains whenever they get the chance. The postcard-pretty Alpine enclave of [...]
South Pacific review: It’s shocking how contemporary this simmering musical feels 70 years on August 5, 2022 Mid century American writer and lyricist combo Rodgers and Hammerstein are having a moment. A new experimental version of their most famous musical, Oklahoma!, played at the Young Vic earlier this summer, and now there’s a fresh version of South Pacific. Over 70 years since its 1949 Broadway premier it still feels shockingly contemporary in [...]