Pinter Seven review: Danny Dyer comes home for this triumphant farewell to Jamie Lloyd’s season February 7, 2019 There are many things about the world today that make me think malevolent forces are having a laugh at our expense. Top of that list is the fact that Danny Dyer – the man who referred to aliens as “that mob up there” and the 9/11 hijackers as “them slags” – was a personal friend [...]
Ollie Phillips: Brilliant England need to prove Ireland performance was not just a flash in the pan February 7, 2019 What a difference one match makes. England’s outstanding win over Ireland was a performance which saw them emphatically back to their best, displaying their true potential. It was the perfect way to start the Six Nations and a World Cup year, with intensity, physicality, accuracy and pace which out-did one of the best teams in [...]
Mandela: The Official Exhibition is a comprehensive, if somewhat generic, celebration of the anti-apartheid leader February 7, 2019 One of the most revered and recognisable freedom fighters in modern history, Nelson Mandela’s near-Messianic reputation as a revolutionary political leader is far larger than the man himself. His decades long struggle against apartheid in South Africa defies summary, but Mandela: The Official Exhibition has a go at codifying his entire legacy, squeezing the man’s [...]
Norwich City v Ipswich Town: Rivals meet in East Anglian derby amid backdrop of contrasting fortunes February 7, 2019 It’s not often that a derby comes around with two sides in such opposing circumstances as Norwich City and Ipswich Town. The East Anglian derby arrives on Sunday with Norwich flying high at the top of the Championship, boasting one league defeat in four months. Local rivals Ipswich, meanwhile, are 23 places and 39 points [...]
Manchester City’s team of winners gives them the advantage in the title race February 7, 2019 When it comes to winning titles, the current Manchester City side are the Premier League’s experts. Not just because they claimed the top-flight crown with a record points tally last season, but because each and every member of the team has a track record of success. There are those who have only won trophies at [...]
Match made in Dublin: Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade are the midfield pair England have been looking for February 7, 2019 As England pulled off a masterclass in Dublin last weekend, Eddie Jones perhaps also stumbled across the midfield match he had been searching for. The combination of George Ford, Owen Farrell and Jonathan Joseph at 10, 12 and 13, brought success during Jones’s early tenure, winning successive Six Nations. But once teams had exploited their [...]
Comedian and writer Paul Whitehouse on fishing, mental health and why the BBC needs to take more risks February 7, 2019 Last year, Paul Whitehouse appeared alongside his lifelong friend Bob Mortimer in Gone Fishing, a BBC Two show in which the comedians travelled the riverbanks of the UK in search of rare species of fish. In contrast to an increasingly bleak news cycle, it was relentlessly genial television, uncomplicated, familiar, cheerful and good-natured. Both men [...]
Betting stocks stumble after horse racing suspended due to equine flu February 7, 2019 Betting stocks slipped this morning after horse racing across the UK was suspended today because of fears of equine flu. William Hill's share price fell nearly one per cent, GVC's share price was down 1.7 per cent and Paddy Power Betfair was down 1.6 per cent. In a statement the British Horseracing Association (BHA) said [...]
Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City become first Premier League clubs to install pioneering Intel True View technology February 7, 2019 It’s the world’s most watched sporting competition, but now the Premier League’s billions of viewers are about to get a new way to consume every goal, assist and save. Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City have become the first clubs in English football to sign up for Intel’s True View technology, which uses an array of [...]
Chris Tremlett: England can’t hide behind the excuse their batsmen are naturally aggressive – they need to learn to adapt February 6, 2019 England have been hugely disappointing against West Indies. Having arrived full of confidence they begin the final Test this weekend with the aim of simply trying to salvage something. After such a poor opening Test in Barbados they were once again out-played and out-thought in every department in Antigua to surrender the series 2-0. Credit [...]