COLLECTING: FINE GUNS August 11, 2011 Swedish masters deliver the Big Five Mayfair’s William & Son is known for its spectacular shotguns which can take months to make. However, it also has for sale arguably the world’s finest bolt-action rifles – the sort of thing a billionaire might use for stalking deer (season starts in October) – made by Swedish father/son [...]
GLORIOUS 12: RESTAURANTS SERVING GAME August 11, 2011 Plateau Canary Wharfers can go to swanky Plateau, where chef Allan Pickett will be serving up roast grouse, game croute and watercress with endricks gin jus. 16-19 Canada Square. www.plateau-restaurant.co.uk Brasserie Joel French chef Joel Antunes is doing roast grouse with pumpkin praline, ravioli and bread sauce. Good for those after something sophisticated yet hearty. [...]
GAME SEASON CALENDER August 11, 2011 Grouse Aug 12 to Dec 10 Ptarmigan Aug 12 to Dec 10 Common Snipe Aug 12 to Jan 31 Black Grouse Aug 20 to Dec 10 Partridge Sep 1 to Feb 1 Coot/Moorhen Sep 1 to Jan 31 Golden Plover Sep 1 to Jan 31 Duck: Inland Sep 1 to Jan 31 Duck: Below spring [...]
Baggies to prove tough nut to crack for United August 11, 2011 FOOTBALL TRADER BEN CLEMINSON TAKES A LOOK AT THE BEST FOOTBALL BETS OF THE WEEKEND SUNDAY – 4.00PM SKY SPORTS SIR ALEX Ferguson will have been delighted with Manchester United’s performance against local rivals Manchester City in the Community Shield last weekend. There were some defensive lapses in the first half, but they showed their [...]
STOKE vs CHELSEA August 11, 2011 A TRIP to the Britannia Stadium as his first experience of Premier League management perhaps wouldn’t have been top of Andre Villas-Boas’ wishlist when he first agreed to become manager at Chelsea. Stoke have developed into a proper top flight side and that is mainly due to their form at home in front of a [...]
TIPS FROM THE TOP WITH August 11, 2011 Football seasons. They seem to come around almost as often as a stock market crash these days and we’ve got another one kicking off tomorrow. Champions Manchester United are 7/4 to make it title number 20 and that’s certainly where my money is heading. Their squad was often criticised last year yet they still won [...]
The Boys in Blue will be getting out the Bunting The Boys in Blue to get out the Bunting August 11, 2011 WE ARE now halfway through the inaugural QIPCO British Champions Series and what an event it has been so far. Frankel has been the star of the show, but with other outstanding performances from the likes of Pour Moi, Canford Cliffs, Rewilding, So You Think and Dream Ahead, British flat racing really is enjoying a [...]
Frankie’s Thoughts August 11, 2011 The QIPCO British Champions Series has been a tremendous success so far and the personal highlight for me was Rewilding’s win in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. He unfortunately suffered a fatal injury in the King George last month, but he was a fantastic horse and his battle with So You Think [...]
£2.5 trillion wiped off world stocks August 11, 2011 An estimated $4 trillion (£2.47 trillion) has been wiped off the value of world stocks this month on concerns the euro zone debt crisis is spreading to Italy and Spain and hurting Europe’s banking system, and the global economy is falling into recession. The sum wiped off the MSCI All-Country World Index – about one [...]
Cameron: Police tactics were wrong August 11, 2011 Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to crack down on street gangs as a national priority and said rioters behind the country’s worst violence in decades would be hunted and punished. “The fightback has well and truly begun,” he told an emergency session of parliament, acknowledging that police numbers and tactics had been inadequate at [...]
