Gunpowder Milkshake – Karen Gillan’s action comedy is great fun September 20, 2021 While she may be better known as a supporting player in the Jumanji and Marvel franchises, Karen Gillan has offered some impressive lead performances on the big screen. She impressed as the director and star of 2018’s overlooked drama The Party’s Just Beginning, and in the David Dastmalchian-written All Creatures Here Below. This week, she [...]
Exeter’s chief problem: Why don’t they have a main sponsor? September 20, 2021 On Saturday, Exeter Chiefs’ Premiership campaign began with a 34-19 loss at Leicester Tigers. Remove the result, the return of the roaring terraces and professional rugby’s big kick-off, and you may have noticed a commercial anomaly in the away side’s kit: Exeter’s shirt was missing a main sponsor. Little more than a year ago, Chiefs [...]
Camp Siegfried at the Old Vic: As bright and bouncy as brainwashing gets September 20, 2021 A true story about the indoctrination of American teenagers into fascism sounds like a heavy evening of theatre, but the Old Vic’s Camp Siegfried is as bright and bouncy as brainwashing gets. Set in the titular Long Island summer camp in 1938, it follows two unnamed teenagers who meet on the outskirts of a dance [...]
England withdraw from World Cup warm-up tour games in Pakistan September 20, 2021 The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have withdrawn their men’s and women’s sides from the October tour to Pakistan. The men were due to play two warm-up games prior to the T20 World Cup, which begins in late October. England women were due to link up with the men and play two T20 double [...]
Going nuclear: Bentley Continental GT Speed vs top-secret missile base September 20, 2021 The flagship Bentley Continental GT Speed is an ideal car for exploring a disused nuclear weapons facility, says Tim Pitt.
Tottenham Hotspur 0, Chelsea 3: Blues cruise in London derby underlines their Premier League title credentials September 19, 2021 Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur have produced some memorable ding-dong battles in recent history. This wasn’t one of them, however, such was Chelsea’s overwhelming superiority. The visitors won 3-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but it would not have flattered them unduly had they triumphed by a greater margin. With four wins from five Premier League [...]
Premiership: Five things we’ve learned from the opening weekend September 19, 2021 England’s Premiership kicked off at the weekend as 12 of the 13 sides got their domestic campaigns underway. With no relegation, a heavy calendar and so many evenly matched sides, this season may just be one of the tightest in recent seasons. Here is what the first week has taught us. Matson’s dream start Harlequins’ [...]
Jimmy Greaves: Football mourns Tottenham and Chelsea icon, England World Cup winner and ‘possibly the greatest striker this country produced’ September 19, 2021 Football has united to pay tribute to Jimmy Greaves after the World Cup-winning former England striker and London football legend died, aged 81. Greaves set several goalscoring records that remain unsurpassed, including his 357 goals in the English top division, 266 for Tottenham Hotspur, and 41 in a league season for Chelsea. The east Londoner, [...]
Flower power: 2021 RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show at the Saatchi Gallery September 18, 2021 Botanical illustrations have a somewhat unfair association with geriatric pastimes and biology textbooks. In a new exhibition at Chelsea’s Saatchi Gallery, the Royal Horticultural Society brings a fresh spin on the form by grouping a 200-strong selection of paintings, drawings, and photographs that showcase the diversity of flora. The product of an open call, works [...]
Exclusive: How Premiership champions Harlequins are looking to build on their success with new head coach Tabai Matson September 18, 2021 Tabai Matson has picked a job few would relish: taking over a Harlequins team flying high and with last season’s Premiership trophy in the cabinet. The Fiji-born former All Black is the new head coach at the London club, who begin their defence against Newcastle Falcons on Sunday, and has the unenviable task of following [...]