A family-friendly long weekend at Lucknam Park, Chippenham October 25, 2021 For a thoroughly indulgent stay in the countryside where you don’t need to fret about babysitting arrangements, head to Wiltshire and be spoiled with Michelin-starred food, spa pampering and traditional English grandeur, even if you can’t leave the kids behind. Location Set down a long tree-lined drive in 500 acres of manicured parkland in the [...]
Treetop spas and temples: An enriching holiday in Bali October 25, 2021 There was a moment, when I was sat in the make-up chair looking at my half painted reflection, that I thought I’d made a big mistake. The white base and lurid yellow, fuschia, and blue eye shadow was rather more Grayson Perry than the elegant Balinese dancer I’d been hoping for. But I kept the [...]
Chris Tremlett: Smart bowling can help England at World Cup October 25, 2021 England got their World Cup campaign off to a great start with a dominant six-wicket victory over the West Indies as they bowled out their opponents for 55. Spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali impressed on Saturday but they have done for the last few years. Rashid is such an underrated bowler outside of England, [...]
England add Ben Stokes to squad for Ashes series October 25, 2021 Ben Stokes has been added to the England squad for this winter’s Ashes series against Australia. The talismanic all-rounder was left out of England’s initial squad to travel Down Under after taking time off to protect his mental health and have surgery on a broken finger. But Stokes has been the given the all-clear by [...]
Premiership: Five things we learned as Saracens shine October 25, 2021 Premiership rugby’s Saracens’ fast and loose play is producing very attractive rugby and Irish finally get their long-awaited win. Sale, though, struggled against undefeated Leicester while Bath were valiant in their loss. Here’s five things we learned from the weekend’s Premiership action. Silky Saracens Saracens backed up their rampant 71-17 victory over Bath last week [...]
Man Utd 0, Liverpool 5: Ruthless Reds expose Solskjaer’s limitations October 24, 2021 Before his desperately out-of-form Manchester United side took on Liverpool today, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer explained the wisdom of keeping faith with the same starting XI that fell two goals behind to Atalanta in midweek. They had “played well”, Solskjaer insisted, adding that he wanted them to “start on the front foot” and “dominate the game” [...]
They are at it again: F1 row widens as Max Verstappen calls Lewis Hamilton ‘a stupid idiot’ October 23, 2021 Racing giant Max Verstappen called his main rival Lewis Hamilton “a stupid idiot” as the championship rivals clashed in practice for the United States Grand Prix. Hamilton, who is six points behind Verstappen, overtook the Red Bull driver at the concluding left-hander in Friday’s second session in Austin. Verstappen temporarily ran off the track before [...]
Frieze 2021: An electric start to the new art season October 22, 2021 It is telling, though perhaps unsurprising, that in a time of expanding digital exhibition spaces, curators, artists, and collectors still value face-to-face contact provided by art fairs. Frieze is the best of them all to kickstart the new London art season, with its sculpture garden and two imposing marquees – Frieze London and Frieze Masters [...]
Helene Binet at the RA, review: Architectural photography at its finest October 22, 2021 In her first major retrospective, photographer Helene Binet’s work at the Royal Academy offers a fresh look at the lines found in architecture. Over a 35 year career, the internationally acclaimed Swiss-French photographer (b.1959) has captured both historic and contemporary structures, reducing them to their simplest forms. A practitioner of analogue photography, her work focuses [...]
Focus On: Brighton – an investors’ paradise October 22, 2021 Thanks to the ability for many people to work from anywhere or pop into a central office on an ad hoc basis, increasing numbers of professionals are moving out of London in search of locations with a less frenetic pace of life – something the seaside city of Brighton will continue to benefit from. “Brighton [...]