Cricket is like spam: The real reason batsmen are piling up higher scores July 21, 2015 The holiday season is getting into full swing, but a shadow has been cast by the abysmal failure of our boys to get anywhere near the enormous target of 509 which Australia’s cricketers set them to win in the second Test match. It may seem preposterous even to have thought they would. But a revolution [...]
With the Greece crisis now off the table, is Europe primed for an economic boom? July 21, 2015 Dr James Nixon is chief European economist at Oxford Economics, says Yes There’s no doubt that Europe’s problems stem from a massive failure of macroeconomic policy. The financial crisis of 2008 laid bare the single currency’s fundamental flaws, and ever since Europe has been fighting to put its house in order. The failure was to [...]
Knowing your flight rights: Passengers can be entitled to compensation when planes are delayed, cancelled or overbooked July 21, 2015 With the holiday season now in full swing, many people will have to face the inevitable: delays at airports and disappointment with hotels. Europe’s skies are more crowded than ever before. During July an average of 30,000 flights cross European airspace daily, and delays to one have a knock-on effect for other scheduled flights. [...]
Restaurant review: Be prepared to shell out for Crab Tavern July 21, 2015 Crab Tavern is the tenth restaurant to open at the City’s newest dining destination, Broadgate Circle. It’s now overflowing with the kind of high-end, high-turnover gastro-chains that private equity guys go nuts for: opening branches in the City completes a perfect capitalist ouroboros in which we can literally get rich off of our own appetites. [...]
Lessons in wine: When is the ideal drinking window? July 21, 2015 Like any food product, wines have an ideal window of time in which they should be consumed. Unlike food, however, wines don’t come with a sell-by date. How, then, to determine when to pull the cork? Generally speaking, wines not intended for aging are priced at the low end of the spectrum, probably bottled under [...]
Mix it up: London cleans up at Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards July 21, 2015 The cocktail industry has come an awful long way in the last decade or so. Back in the day, I was tending bar part time in some of London’s best bars to pay my way through university. I was the last of dying breed: an amateur. Top bars and restaurants are now dominated by [...]
Working lunch in the City: Moroccan Sky Riad, Searcy’s, the Gherkin July 21, 2015 Our guide to the best places to eat during office hours in the City and Canary Wharf WHAT? A pop-up with emphasis on the “up”, Moroccan Sky Riad is the highest temporary restaurant in London, located at Searcy’s at the top of the Gherkin. A fine dining take on Moroccan cuisine, diners can look [...]
The social media secrets you need in the workplace July 21, 2015 Stock CV phrases and revealing photos will get you nowhere Should you accept your boss’s Facebook request? Is a Twitter account best kept work-related? With social media now dominating our lives both at home and in the workplace, getting the balance right is imperative. So if you want to avoid a sticky situation, what [...]
Bairstow into firing line as Ballance axed July 21, 2015 RECALLED batsman Jonny Bairstow has been warned to expect a marked surge in the quality of opposition after replacing the axed Gary Ballance in England’s squad for next week’s third Investec Ashes Test against Australia. Selectors responded to a harrowing 405-run demise to Australia at Lord’s on Sunday, which levelled the series at 1-1, by [...]
England enjoy perfect start to Ashes defence July 21, 2015 ENGLAND skipper Charlotte Edwards revelled in an uncharacteristic fast start to the series after her side began the defence of the women’s Ashes with a four-wicket defeat of Australia at Taunton. Natalie Sciver top scored with a one-day international best of 66, while Lydia Greenway also stuck a half-century, as England chased down their victory [...]
