20 years on from 9/11: the waxing and waning of the US-UK ‘special relationship’, from Bush to Biden September 11, 2021 Twenty years on from one of the greatest days of infamy to strike the Western world, the attack on the 9th of September 2001, there are myriad points to reflect on, not least the ongoing heartache it has left on our collective psyche. One of those, though, should surely be the impact that this great [...]
20 years on from 9/11: the waxing and waning of the US-UK ‘special relationship’, from Bush to Biden – CityAM : CityAM September 11, 2021 Twenty years on from one of the greatest days of infamy to strike the Western world, the attack on the 9th of September 2001, there are myriad points to reflect on, not least the ongoing heartache it has left on our collective psyche. One of those, though, should surely be the impact that this great [...]
Former Vote Leave spokesperson tipped as Number 10’s new chief of staff November 11, 2020 Boris Johnson is poised to appoint his current head of communications and former Vote Leave spokesperson as Number 10’s chief of staff, according to reports. Lee Cain, who headed up the Vote Leave campaign alongside Johnson’s aide Dominic Cummings during the Brexit referendum is set to be promoted to one of Downing Street’s top jobs, [...]
Dominic Cummings: New £800m Aria scientific agency needs ‘very odd people’ in charge March 17, 2021 The UK’s new £800m Aria scientific agency needs “extreme freedom” from Whitehall oversight and should be run by “very odd people”, according to former Number 10 aide Dominic Cummings. Cummings told a parliamentary committee that the new agency – formally announced by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) last month – that [...]
Crazy golf club Swingers tees up multimillion-pound investment as it prepares for US expansion November 25, 2018 London-based crazy golf club Swingers has received multimillion-pound funding from a private investment firm as the popularity of competitive leisure activities continues to grow. Cain International today announced it has made a “significant investment” in the golf club’s parent company Competitive Socialising, which it said would allow the leisure brand to open new venues in the US. [...]
Tenet film review: Can Christopher Nolan save cinema with his latest time-bending blockbuster? August 29, 2020 Inception filmmaker Christopher Nolan is one of the few remaining directors whose name alone can draw in a crowd. His post-Batman films stand as outliers in this industry – adult-targeted, original stories with no potential for sequels or spin-offs. In fact, Warner Bros have such confidence in the director’s brand that all but the most [...]
Everybody loves Raymond: Blanc and his amazing Manoir January 18, 2021 To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. This week we revisit Kate Vandy’s meeting with superstar chef Raymond Blanc at his Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. ••• Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons first opened its doors 30 long years ago, to instant acclaim. A [...]
French and Dutch finance ministers snub Saudi investor conference October 18, 2018 The French and Dutch finance ministers have withdrawn from next week's Saudi investor conference following the disappearance and alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Bruno Le Maire pulled out of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh on Wednesday but said his absence would not jeopardise relations between France and Saudi Arabia. His withdrawal was swiftly followed by [...]
Donald Trump tweet about F-35 programme wipes billions off Lockheed Martin’s market value December 12, 2016 Lockheed Martin has become the latest victim of Donald Trump's rampant Twitter ranting and has lost billions off its market value in the process. The defence giant's stock fell 4.6 per cent on the New York Stock Exchange in early trade, down to $247.61, after the President-elect tweeted that the F-35 programme and its cost is "out [...]
Robert De Niro in Dirty Grandpa, Paul Sorrentino’s Youth and Patricia Riggen’s The 33 reviewed January 28, 2016 Dirty Grandpa 18 | Dir. Dan Mazer | ★★★☆☆ Robert De Niro plays a recently widowed army vet who tricks Zac Efron into driving him to Florida to chase young women. Who'd have thought that De Niro would spend the latter half of his career dropping N-bombs and making dick jokes? But while it's not [...]