Christmas in London: Start planning your festive season November 20, 2014 As usual, London will be buzzing over the Christmas period. Here’s our selection of the best seasonal activities Swedish Christmas at Fika Head to Brick Lane for a Christmas dinner with a Scandinavian difference. Swedish bar and kitchen Fika is offering a traditional Scandi Christmas dinner from 1-23 December. The small, independent restaurant [...]
21 November on this day… November 20, 2014 2000: Captain Martin Johnson announces that England’s rugby players were going on strike after rejecting the RFU’s new pay offer of £70,000 a year. The players wanted a bigger match fee and smaller win bonus. “The amount of effort put in had we lost on Saturday [England beat Australia 22-19] would have been no different,” insisted Johnson. It was [...]
Sport Comment: ATP Finals was a damp squib but London needs it November 20, 2014 AS CHATTY Man Alan Carr himself is wont to say: “What a week it’s been!” Well, what a week it has been for Andy Murray and everyone connected to the Barclays ATP Tour Finals at the O2. A week to forget. Murray’s year had been an unspectacular slog after last winter’s back surgery but qualification [...]
Highball: Cheshire sign giant Sturgess November 20, 2014 THE world’s tallest basketball player Paul ‘Tiny’ Sturgess has signed for British Basketball League side Cheshire Phoenix. The 26-year-old centre stands at 7ft 7ins and made his name during a two-year spell with the Harlem Globetrotters exhibition team. Famous for his “No Jump Dunk”, Sturgess – who wears size 20 boots – has also played [...]
Toiling Arsenal to find it tough against United November 20, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE ARSENAL V MANCHESTER UNITED CLASH AND HARRY MADLEY LOOKS AT THE ACTION AT TWICKENHAM THE INTERNATIONAL break couldn’t come soon enough for Arsenal after a disastrous week in which they twice let leads slip. Cruising 3-0 up against Anderlecht at home, their defence crumbled, allowing the Belgians to level the game [...]
England to reverse recent record with comfortable victory over Samoans November 20, 2014 ENGLAND fell to their fifth straight loss when South Africa continued their recent dominance over them, winning 31-28 at Twickenham last Saturday. The Springboks had been thrashed by Ireland seven days before, so it was frustrating that England couldn’t end a 12 game winless run against these opponents. Although both Autumn International defeats have been [...]
Golden boot spread betting November 20, 2014 THE GOLDEN Boot Index is just one of the long-term markets offered by Sporting Index. It awards points on the following basis: Winner: 60pts, Runner-up: 40pts, Third: 30pts, Fourth: 25pts, Fifth: 20pts Sixth: 15pts, Seventh: 10pts, Eighth: 5pts. With 12 goals already, Sergio Aguero heads the market, trading at 43-46. Buyers at 46 would make [...]
Finsbury cheers two decades with client number one November 19, 2014 Roland Rudd (pictured, above right), the chairman of financial communications specialist Finsbury, was celebrating 20 years since he founded the firm last night in a glittering reception at Tate Britain. Joining him and his colleagues were many of those who have benefited from Finsbury’s knowledge of the art of public relations over the years – [...]
Garden bridge set for 7.1m visitors per year November 19, 2014 Park-over-the-river lays out restrictions THOSE who had envisaged long afternoons languishing amid the vegetation on Thomas Heatherwick’s £175m Garden Bridge may be in for an unpleasant surprise: it turns out that the bridge will be a privately managed tourist attraction, requiring large groups to book in advance. The bridge, supported very vocally by Joanna Lumley, [...]
Q&A: What are beer ties and why are they in a frayed knot? November 19, 2014 Q What are tied-pubs and how does the arrangement work? A These are pubs that buy beer from the firm that holds their lease at above market prices in return for benefits like lower rent. Q Why have tied-agreements proved so controversial? A Opponents of tie-agreements argue they stifle competition and [...]
