Multiple US investors signal interest in £350m deal with Farhad Moshiri for Everton April 11, 2022 Everton are the latest Premier League club to attract interest from US investors, according to reports. The Merseyside club have made huge losses under owner Farhad Moshiri, who has spent heavily on players in a failed attempt to restore the Toffees to former glories. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also hit Everton, who have been [...]
Tigers roar on as Harlequins come unstuck in Champions Cup April 11, 2022 It was always going to be the biggest test of Steve Borthwick’s 20-month tenure as Leicester Tigers director of rugby to date, and his side performed. In Leicester’s 10-29 first leg win over Clermont in the Champions Cup round of 16, Borthwick’s side combined brilliant back play with the brute force of a dominant forward [...]
Manchester City and Liverpool trade blows but neither finds a knockout in title fight April 10, 2022 It was more slugfest than sweet science, but Manchester City and Liverpool lived up to their billing as the heavyweights of the Premier League in this wildly entertaining 2-2 draw, which leaves the title race finely poised. The champions and their closest challengers traded haymakers for 90 minutes but ultimately neither delivered a knockout blow [...]
Review: Football: Designing the Beautiful Game at the Design Museum April 10, 2022 A photo emerged last summer of beaming England footballer Bukayo Saka leaping into a swimming pool astride an inflatable unicorn. Such was the pure joy captured by the image that it quickly attained cult status and, as these things do, spawned a thousand memes. Well, anyone who quipped on social media to “Hang it in [...]
The Lost City review: Bullock and Tatum shine in lowbrow comedy April 10, 2022 Like her Speed co-star Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock is a star who never seems too far from a hit. There’s something about the girl-next-door charm of the Oscar winner that keeps people coming back even in an era where brands are more popular than stars. Having found success with Gravity, Birdbox, and Ocean’s 8 over [...]
Revealed: Here are the best places to live in London and across the UK April 10, 2022 The best place in the UK to live is…. Ilkley in West Yorkshire. The town tops a list of 70 locations to be named the UK’s best place to live by the Sunday Times. It was praised for its top schools, interesting shops, spectacular scenery and convenient rail links. Judges were also impressed by its [...]
Compartment No 6 continues a fine lineage of train-based romance movies April 10, 2022 If TikTok celeb Francis Bourgeois has taught us anything, it’s that trains can be exciting. Cinema shares that sentiment, with memorable classics including Brief Encounter and Strangers On A Train giving the everyday form of transport a sense of romance. Juho Kuosmanen’s drama Compartment No 6 may not have the same sweeping sentiment, but it [...]
Fever Syndrome at Hampstead Theatre: A family drama with lofty ambitions April 9, 2022 Fever Syndrome has lofty ambitions. It wants to exist in the same space as the great family dramas of Sam Shepard but feels more apiece with the middlebrow family dramas of Sunday evening on the BBC. It is neither a great play nor a terrible one, comfortably carrying its 2 hour 40 minute running time [...]
To Kill A Mockingbird review: Aaron Sorkin breathes new life into Harper Lee’s novel April 9, 2022 Following its critically acclaimed run on Broadway, Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s retelling of this classic of modern American literature hits the West End, and it is not to be missed. Sorkin takes a fresh look at the illustrious tale of defence lawyer Atticus Finch, his children, the mysterious Boo Radley and the falsely accused black [...]
The magical world of Blencathra: A unique melting pot in the heart of Cape Town April 9, 2022 While South Africa went through a drastic transformation in the early ’90s, with the end of apartheid and Mandela coming to power, something less noticeable but equally magical happened in Africa’s most developed nation. In Cape Town to be precise, the beating heart of the country’s travellers scene. In the leafy neighbourhood of Tamboerskloof, just [...]