Why Boris owes me £90,000 for Olympic damage August 9, 2012 I HAVE hand-delivered a bill for £90,000 to the mayor of London. This is – give or take a few hundred pounds – what the Olympic Games have cost me in turnover since they began. And I have asked Boris Johnson to pay the bill personally, not from the seemingly limitless coffers that supported London [...]
After its biggest medal haul since 1908, is it important for the UK to do better in Rio 2016? August 9, 2012 YES Kevin Tyler London 2012 is about inspiring a generation and, for athletics, our inspiring moment came when over 16m people tuned in to watch Jess Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford win Olympic gold. Our biggest challenge is to ensure that this historic event inspires the next generation of talent – not only kids [...]
RAPID RESPONSES August 9, 2012 Enabling growth [Re: Only radical reform can pull us out of a growing economic quagmire, yesterday] To truly get the economy out of its current frailty, we need more than a radical economic reform agenda – largely involving the state getting out the way. Britain’s government needs to engineer the enabling environment for business to [...]
Pixar goes Scottish in the brilliant Brave August 9, 2012 FILMS BRAVE Cert: PG **** Brave is not only Pixar’s first foray into fairytale, it’s the company’s first movie with a female lead. Set in Medieval Scotland, among roaring chieftains, sprites and fairies, Brave is cacophony of colour and sound, rendering clanland in a mosaic of gorgeous pastels. Many films are released in 3D to [...]
The Bourne Legacy is a poor inheritance August 9, 2012 Directed by Tony Gilroy, screenwriter of the first three Bourne films, this fourth in the series deviates from its predecessors in many ways. The main one – and the main reason it’s just not as good – is the absence of Matt Damon, who lent unspeakable gravitas, sex appeal and charisma to his broodingly clever [...]
Olympian rate of openings August 9, 2012 IN SPITE of the somewhat quiet state of London’s streets during the Games, there have been a variety of recent openings to keep things lively, the first of which is the return of The Hippodrome to Leicester Square. This sprawling casino complex comprises of gaming floors, a restaurant, lounge bars, balconies, private rooms and a [...]
Let the glorious games commence August 9, 2012 The grouse-shooting season is nearly upon us. Fondly known as the Glorious Twelfth, this weekend marks the start of the red grouse shooting season that runs until mid December. Since the Game Act of 1831, which made it illegal to shoot out of season, this date brings shooters from all over the world to Scotland [...]
BEST PLACES TO EAT GAME August 9, 2012 Rules, Covent Garden Established by Thomas Rule in 1978, Rules is the oldest restaurant in London. Renowned not only for its history and prime location, it is also famed for its game cookery. Owning the Lartington Estate in the High Pennines where much of its menu is sourced, Rules’s game is of the highest quality. [...]
Golden boy Farah set for glorious Olympic double August 9, 2012 AFTER Mo Farah’s career defining effort sealed 10,000m gold last weekend, the Briton stands on the verge of becoming a double Olympic champion when he competes in the 5,000m final tomorrow night. Farah, the reigning world and European title holder at that distance, is 13/8 favourite with Coral and as short as 3/10 to secure [...]
Certify to enhance Godolphin’s fine recent record in the Sweet Solera Stakes August 9, 2012 TOMORROW’S Group Three Sweet Solera Stakes (3.35pm) is often used by trainers to find out where their two-year-old fillies stand in the pecking order and this year’s renewal looks well up to scratch, with four unexposed contenders putting their unbeaten records on the line in a field of eight. CERTIFY represents the Godolphin operation that [...]
