Iron-clad entertainment April 29, 2010 Film IRON MAN II Cert: 12A Compared to the brooding darkness of the Batman films or the commercial cynicism of the Transformers franchise, 2008’s Iron Man was a breezy joy of a blockbuster, and so is its sequel. It may lose the thread of its plot from time to time, and the final showdown is [...]
Preview: the City’s own music festival April 29, 2010 IAN RITCHIE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR THE City of London Festival sees the great and good of classical music join the avant-garde and the unusual each summer in the midst of the City. Concerts take place in all the Square Mile’s most beautiful – and often unknown or unused – historical buildings such as St Bartholemew the [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND April 29, 2010 FILM THE LAST SONG Saccharine family drama with Miley Cyrus. VALHALLA RISING Viking adventure with Casino Royale’s Mads Mikkelsen. A BOY CALLED DAD Touching tale of teenage parenthood, with Ian Hart. DVD AVATAR James Cameron’s all-conquering 3D epic about blue aliens. MAD MEN SEASON 3 More from New York’s most stylish 60s ad execs. NIGHTWATCHING [...]
ON IN LONDON | SIX OF THE BEST April 29, 2010 ART: Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance drawings Another corker of an exhibition at the British Museum, with scores of works by the likes of Titian, Michelangelo and Botticelli showing the importance of draftsmanship in Italy’s golden age. THEATRE: Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory The Southwark hit-factory is currently staging terrific versions [...]
Ladies’ watches go sporty for summer April 29, 2010 THE boom-time days of watches looking more like rainbow-jewelled bling machines than time-pieces are over. At Basel this year, ladies’ watches had more focus and discipline, and tended to be either smaller and more feminine or more sporty, nautical and professional-looking than their sparkling, big-statement predecessors. As one industry expert puts it: “Women’s luxury sports/nautical-inspired [...]
DANGERS OF CASUAL-WEAR WORKPLACE April 29, 2010 Sara Hollamby Style Counsel THE term “business casual” is adopted by many large corporations in the City as a description of their dress code. Yet the “business” bit of the term often gets forgotten. So how do we keep our professionalism but still feel casual and comfortable? For men, the golden rule is to always [...]
St Nicholas Abbey to land O’Brien his sixth 2000 Guineas April 29, 2010 I was at Doncaster last season when ST NICHOLAS ABBEY spread-eagled a decent looking field in the Racing Post Trophy and thought then, as I do now, that I may have witnessed something special. It was the manner in which he effortlessly quickened away from his opposition that was so taking and if he lines [...]
the INSIDER April 29, 2010 Most of my big race hopes have bitten the dust, but Elusive Pimpernel still has a great chance in the 2000 Guineas tomorrow. The field may split in two and if it does, then Richard Hannon may hold the key in Canford Cliffs. Supposedly, he will be ‘buried’ to get the mile, but surely the [...]
Chelsea can take another big step towards the title with Anfield win April 29, 2010 LIVERPOOL v/s CHELSEA SUNDAY – 1.30PM SKY SPORTS 1 THE conspiracy theorists will be out in force if Liverpool succumb to Chelsea in what will effectively stop Man United breaking the Reds’ record of 18 league titles. However, things rarely work out like that in the modern game and you can be sure that with [...]
Mourinho: ‘It’s the greatest win of my life’ April 28, 2010 BARCELONA (1) v/s INTER MILAN (0) EMOTIONAL Jose Mourinho saw his Inter Milan side dump holders Barcelona out of the Champions League last night – and then described it as the best victory of his life. The former Chelsea boss spoke of his pride after leading the Nerazzurri to their first European final since 1972, [...]
