Delpy film is a slog of a family saga in NYC May 17, 2012 FILM TWO DAYS IN NEW YORK Cert: 15 | Zoe Strimpel ** Two Days In New York is probably the least catchy title of all time. Marginally less catchy, even, then Two Days in Paris, the popular film of which this is the sequel. Indeed, this is as much of a depressing slog to watch [...]
Even the Rain is blunt but it’s no washout May 17, 2012 FILM EVEN THE RAIN Cert 15 (English subs) | Steve Dinneen **** Even the Rain is a wildly ambitious film that interweaves the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World with the modern-day exploitation of the indigenous South Americans. Gael García Bernal plays earnest young filmmaker Sebastián, who is on location shooting a movie [...]
Diamond Jubilee events May 17, 2012 Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant 2pm, Sunday 3 June, Battersea Bridge One of the highlights of the Jubilee weekend will be the Thames Pageant, where up to a thousand boats will gather on the river, from the smallest rowing boat to giant military vessels. The flotilla will make its way down the Thames, starting at Battersea [...]
Where to eat like a queen May 17, 2012 Free dinners for Diamond Wedding couples at Clos Maggiore 3 King Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 8JD, tel: 020 7379 9696 One of London’s most romantic restaurants, Clos Maggiore, is paying homage to the Queeen’s Jubilee by offering a delicious four-course dinner on the house to couples who can prove they were married in 1952. The [...]
Robben can come back to haunt his former club May 17, 2012 BAYERN MUNICH vs CHELSEA Tomorrow 7.45pm – ITV1 ALTHOUGH Bayern Munich and Chelsea are giants of European football, the contestants of this year’s Champions League final finished just second and sixth in their respective leagues. Roberto di Matteo has made a strong impression since taking the reins at Stamford Bridge. The FA Cup is already [...]
Excelebration may well ruffle Frankel’s feathers May 17, 2012 THE freak that is Frankel returns at Newbury tomorrow where he bids to defend his unbeaten record and make it a perfect 10 in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at 3.40pm. However, it hasn’t all been plain sailing in the run-up to this race as Sir Henry Cecil’s superstar suffered an injury on the gallops last [...]
Cameron: Euro is on the brink May 16, 2012 DAVID Cameron will today warn that “Greece is on the brink” and “the survival of the euro is in question,” thanks to “a crisis that never really went away.” “The Eurozone is at a cross-roads,” he will say in a major speech on the economy. “It either has to make-up or it is looking at [...]
FSA targets brokers for insider cases May 16, 2012 THE FSA has written to 190 brokers demanding explanations for why they have failed to flag up enough “suspicious trades” to the City watchdog and warning they could face visits from enforcement officers as a result. The letters, sent in April, are part of a wider FSA crackdown targeting not just those leaking and trading [...]
Inflation will be above target until mid-2013 May 16, 2012 INFLATION will stay above target for another year, the Bank of England warned yesterday, while Britain’s economic growth will be even weaker than it expected just a few months ago. Households will keep suffering under soaring prices all year, with inflation only expected to fall back to its two per cent target in the middle [...]
Eurozone break-up will be traumatic but is now inevitable May 16, 2012 IT is good to see Sir Mervyn King and David Cameron both being a little more open about the possibility of a Greek default. We need realism, not delusion, from our central bankers and politicians; and it is looking more likely by the day that Greece will elect a rabidly anti-austerity government next month, default [...]
