England call on Milner after Carrick ruled out of qualifiers May 31, 2009 MANCHESTER UNITED midfielder Michael Carrick has been ruled out of England’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers with a foot injury. Aston Villa’s James Milner has been promoted from the Under-21 squad to replace Carrick, who looked out of sorts in Wednesday’s Champions League defeat to Barcelona. England face Kazakhstan on Saturday in Almaty before returning to [...]
Real Alonso rumours are false, says defiant Benitez May 31, 2009 LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez has emphatically denied reports that midfielder Xabi Alonso has agreed a summer move to Real Madrid. Spain playmaker Alonso was strongly linked with a move to Arsenal 12 months ago but flourished at Anfield last season, and Benitez expects that to continue. “The situation is clear, we do not want to [...]
Life’s too short not to bare leg May 28, 2009 AH, men and shorts. The subject never fails to raise a smile and/or a heated debate. Should they wear them? If so, when? Well, thanks to a new age of slick man-shorts, male legs can run free – even at work – without breaking every fashion rule in the book. That is because the new [...]
SUMMER SCENTS May 28, 2009 JUST had a weekend away in Rome. As usual I dived into the duty free for a try of all the new perfumes – of which there are countless for both men and women. All very confusing, and once you have both arms covered, your sense of smell is shot to bits and you can’t [...]
The Hex Files May 28, 2009 DRAG ME TO HELLCert: 15 BACK in the mists of time – or the early Eighties – Sam Raimi invigorated the schlock horror genre with the first Evil Dead movies, before moving on to hit pay-dirt with Spiderman. At the moment, fifteenth-rate horror films are 10-a-penny, the genre disappearing up its own, highly ironic backside. [...]
‘POLO IN THE PARK’ FOUNDER PUTS HIS CITY BROKERAGE ON THE BLOCK May 28, 2009 EXCITEMENT is hotting up around next week’s Polo in the Park extravaganza at Hurlington Park – the brainchild of Daniel Fox-Davies, founder of the City broking firm of the same name. Fox-Davies – or Foxy, as some cheeky colleagues like to call him – recently set up the World Polo Association with the intention of [...]
Summer Is Here, And It’s Time To Go For Gadget Broke May 28, 2009 A BACHELOR pad is not a bachelor pad without a good dose of dark wood, shiny chrome and unusual electronics. After a long winter of frugality and penny-pinching, if you still have a job then this is the time to splash out on some gizmos to brighten up your home. Every single man worth his [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND PREVIEWS May 28, 2009 FILMOBSESSED Ropey drama with Beyonce Knowles and The Wire’s Idris Elba. 12 ROUNDS Former wrestler Jon Cena takes on the action hero mantle. JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE Goody goody teens get the Miley Cyrus treatment. DVDSLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle’s epic, Indian-set Oscar triumph. THE WRESTLER Mickey Rourke on blistering form as a past-it wrestler. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – FINAL [...]
Artists and Nazis in collaboration game May 28, 2009 COLLABORATIONDuchess Theatre COLLABORATION is part of a pair of plays by Ronald Harwood at the Duchess Theatre (the other is Taking Sides), both of which tackle different sides of the subject of the Nazis’ persecution of the Jews, and the roles of artists fulfilled in the regime. It’s a subject Harwood has focused on several [...]
Original Sixties rockers prove they are still Pretty after all these years May 28, 2009 WHEN you are talking with Phil May, the lead singer of the Pretty Things, the classic tales of Sixties rock excess come thick and fast. There’s the story of how he and the band rented a house from the Duke of Westminster on Chester Street overlooking Buckingham Palace. “All the local lords and ladies made [...]
