The diet that weans you off junk food love January 12, 2012 THE MAN DIET BY ZOE STRIMPEL Avon, £7.99 *** TODAY’s young women are the daughters of the 1970s feminist pioneers; we’re liberated, financially independent, successful. There are no ceilings we can’t shatter, no asses we can’t kick. And yet. Something has gone wrong. A new generation of feminists argue that we have defeated the patriarchy, [...]
ARTS ROUND-UP January 12, 2012 STAR CROSSED LOVERS RETURN HOME Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet began at the Royal Opera House this week. The performance hangs on its leads Carlos Acosta and Tamara Rojo, who play the star-crossed lovers with aplomb despite being more than twice their age. Acosta is to ballet what Tom Cruise is to cinema – a [...]
A trite portrayal of war, and a horse that (gasp!) can’t act January 12, 2012 Film WAR HORSE Cert: 12A ** WAR Horse, Stephen Spielberg’s latest, shouldn’t be a film about horses, but it is. As a film, in which a boy’s beloved horse is sold to war and passes through the hands of a series of owners all caught up in war, it did nothing for me. Horses cannot [...]
Spacey and Irons shine in banking crash movie January 12, 2012 Film MARGIN CALL Cert: 15A **** IT’S 2008 and we’re in a Manhattan skyrise, in the offices of a bank that may or may not be based on Lehman Brothers. All hell is about to break loose when, following a round of sackings, a USB stick emerges from now-ex employee Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci). As [...]
Djokovic dominance to continue in Melbourne January 12, 2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Does anyone fancy Novak Djokovic to better his incredible 2011 season? The Serbian won three Grand Slams, a record-breaking five Masters 1000 titles and 10 tournaments overall. He earned over $12 million last year alone, the same as fifth-ranked David Ferrer’s career earnings. Djoko’s achievements are no less impressive when you remember that [...]
Kalanisi just what the Doctor ordered January 12, 2012 TOMORROW’S William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton (2.50pm) was won by Martin Pipe’s Make A Stand in 1997 before he went on to land the Champion Hurdle as a novice two months later. There are no Champion Hurdlers in tomorrow’s line-up, but the first place to start is with David Pipe’s Decoy who was an [...]
BLUE SQUARE WINTER CARNIVAL January 12, 2012 THE first round of the Blue Square Sprint Series last weekend was split into two divisions and it’s the same again in round two tomorrow. Both of last Saturday’s winners, SPEAK THE TRUTH and Captain Dimitrios are back for more in the second division (2.10pm) and it’s the former who looks to have the best [...]
ECB says Eurozone banking woes easing January 12, 2012 The European Central Bank’s flood of cheap three-year money is helping the Eurozone’s banking system substantially and supporting confidence in the bloc’s economy which is showing some signs of stabilisation, its president said. The ECB left interest rates on hold, pausing to assess the impact of back-to-back cuts and a slew of other measures it [...]
Interest rates held January 12, 2012 The Bank of England today held interest rates on hold at their record low of 0.5 per cent and did not trigger any more quantitative easing. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will keep its quantitative easing programme at £275bn.
Banks steady FTSE but retailers dive January 12, 2012 The FTSE 100 index saw modest rises this morning as banks performed well in stark contrast to the retail sector which was pulled down by a string of poor results from heavyweights including Tesco. Investors were also digesting the results of a Spanish sovereign debt auction which showed yields going in a positive direction. Spain [...]
