Mark Wood’s comeback from injury shows the strength in depth England’s bowling attack now has January 29, 2020 England won the fourth Test match against South Africa on Monday to seal a 3-1 series victory and there are a lot of positives for them to take out of the last six weeks. South Africa are in a transitional phase and are clearly not what they used to be, but the fact England bounced [...]
Super Bowl LIV preview: Kansas City Chiefs v San Francisco 49ers will see contrasting offences go head to head in Miami January 29, 2020 The Super Bowl is a mammoth sporting event, and an occasion of such magnitude is always going to come attached with a great deal of hype. The NFL showpiece is always billed as unmissable – something fans in the UK should stay up for and immerse themselves in. It’s fair to say that last year’s [...]
Event: Meet van Gogh January 29, 2020 | Sponsored After captivating audiences in Beijing, Barcelona and Seoul, the official Meet Vincent van Gogh Experience will arrive in London soon. For a limited time only, let Vincent van Gogh guide you on a magical and multi-sensory journey through his extraordinary life. City A.M. Club members are offered an exclusive ticket to enjoy Meet Vincent van [...]
Event: Chineke! Orchestra January 29, 2020 | Sponsored The Chineke! Foundation was created by Chi-Chi Nwanoku in 2015 to provide career opportunities to established and up-and-coming Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) classical musicians in the UK and Europe. City A.M. Club members are offered a 20% discount on full price tickets. The code can be entered at the checkout stage online, over the [...]
Event: London Choral Sinfonia January 29, 2020 | Sponsored Join soloists from the London Choral Sinfonia (LCS) on a journey through some of the most sublime German lieder and instrumental music alongside carefully selected wines. In association with Majestic Wine, the London Choral Sinfonia presents a brumal evening for German music lovers. Together we will explore some of the most heart-wrenching and heart-warming lieder [...]
Event: Lunchbreak Opera January 29, 2020 | Sponsored Lunchbreak Opera’s mission is to persuade those who work in the area to take a proper lunch break, and a few times a year, to spend it nourishing their artistic imagination. Lunchbreak Opera hosts two productions a year, previously including Gianni Schicchi, Prima la Musica, Suor Angelica & A Dummies Guide to Opera. City A.M. [...]
Event: Samuel Beckett: Fail Better January 29, 2020 | Sponsored Presented by Poet in the City as part of their FailBetter2020 Season. When is failure a good thing? Poet in the City’s 2020 programme contemplates failure as a catalyst for change. Writing in a time of global change and at the intersection of literary modernism and postmodernism, Samuel Beckett’s work was preoccupied with the failure [...]
Event: Big Band Night at Eastcheap Records January 29, 2020 | Sponsored EastCheap Records’ monthly Big Band series continues. Visit Eastcheap Records to see the top 16 London musicians improv their way through classic swing, bebop and Latin. It’s a one-of-a-kind night in the City and happy hour will be running from 5pm ’til 8pm. So grab a cocktail, grab a seat and enjoy the ride. City [...]
Guardiola and Klopp are right: English football would be improved by scrapping the EFL Cup and FA Cup replays January 28, 2020 Once upon a time cup ties, like any extra games, meant significant extra income for English football clubs. The FA Cup final, meanwhile, represented a unique chance to be watched around the world. The brutal truth is that, for Premier League teams, neither of the above are true any more: top-flight status ensures financial security [...]
Football’s data liberator: How smarterscout founder Dan Altman plans to bring stats to the mainstream January 28, 2020 Dan Altman has been many things. Economist. Best-selling author. British government advisor. Columnist. Consultant. Teacher. All of those occupations revolved around the use of data, and “after about 15 years” Altman, in his own words, “got a bit bored and decided to try something a bit different.” That boredom has seen the 46-year-old American turn [...]