PROPERTY NEWS IN BRIEF May 24, 2012 EMBERCOURT ROAD Price: £1.2m This five bedroom, four bathroom property has a large drawing room with a feature fireplace and French doors leading to the rear gardens. The property benefits from concrete floors and under-floor heating throughout. A ground-floor study has views out to the front. Contact Savills on 01372 461 900. HOLMBURY Price: £2.3m [...]
The good, the bad and the average: the best and worst films to keep you out of the sun this week May 24, 2012 FILM MEN IN BLACK III Cert PG | By Chris Ward *** Men in Black III has a major problem to overcome before the opening credits even roll: it has been a decade since the last instalment – so why exactly does it exist? This time, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are up against [...]
VOTE FOR THE WORLD’S BEST WATCH May 24, 2012 Blancpain Watch: X Fathoms Description: A charismatic, ultra-complex enhancement of Blancpain’s iconic 50 Fathoms diving watch. Price: £26,170 FP Journe Watch: CS Chronometre Souverain Description: Beautifully purist yet imbued with character, a slimline beauty from one of the world’s finest watchmakers. Price: £21,000 MB&F Watch: Legacy Machine No.1 Description: Classicism meets pure design audaciousness – including a “flying” balance wheel above the [...]
Sole has the Power to win Temple Stakes again May 24, 2012 SOLE POWER did this column a massive favour 12 months ago when landing Haydock’s Group Two Temple Stakes and he looks to hold solid claims of notching back-to-back wins tomorrow afternoon (3.00pm) in the next instalment of the QIPCO British Champions Series. Eddie Lynam’s five-year-old never got the credit he deserved for winning the Nunthorpe [...]
HAYLEY’S THOUGHTS May 24, 2012 I’M going to be riding at Goodwood for the next two days, but I’ve had a good look at tomorrow’s Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock, the next leg of the QIPCO British Champions Series. The first thing to say is that with these sprinters everything needs to fall right. There’s very little between them and [...]
O’Brien still tight-lipped on Investec Derby team identity May 24, 2012 AIDAN O’Brien still remains reluctant to confirm the exact make-up of his Investec Derby team, although he confirmed yesterday at Epsom’s ‘Breakfast with the Stars’ that his teenage son Joseph would be on hot favourite Camelot a week tomorrow. The master of Ballydoyle gave nothing more away via telephone link other than the fact that [...]
Title would cap Robshaw year, says Healey May 24, 2012 HARLEQUINS captain Chris Robshaw will crown the most remarkable individual season ever if he leads the south Londoners to their first Premiership title tomorrow at Twickenham, says former England star Austin Healey. In a whirlwind few months Robshaw has been plucked from the international wilderness to become the central figure in Stuart Lancaster’s new-look England [...]
Strauss: Lord’s struggle was a good lesson May 24, 2012 IF COMPLACENCY was a factor in England’s woeful winter then captain Andrew Strauss believes the first Test victory over West Indies served as a timely reminder of the importance of labour in their rise to world No1. A five-wicket win at Lord’s earlier this week came only after the hosts had been made to scrap [...]
Fluke hands Drysdale lead as McIlroy and G-Mac hit trouble May 24, 2012 A MIRACLE shot that found the water but bounced out again helped Scotland’s David Drysdale share the lead after the first round of the PGA Championship at Wentworth yesterday. World No291 Drysdale enjoyed the enormous stroke of luck on his second shot to the par-five final hole, which he birdied for a 66 that left [...]
Martinez flies to Miami for Reds talks as Whelan demands £3m May 24, 2012 LIVERPOOL have taken a step closer to appointing a successor to Kenny Dalglish after Wigan’s Roberto Martinez flew to the United States for talks. Wigan chairman Dave Whelan, who is demanding £3m compensation, said Martinez had broken off a holiday to visit the Reds’ owners, Fenway Sports Group, in Florida. The Spaniard is thought to [...]
