A snapshot view: The right time to say goodbye to a business July 29, 2012 ON HOLIDAY in India in 1995, I was very popular with the locals. Before flying from London, I had splashed out about £1,000 for one of the first digital cameras for the consumer market. Nowadays it would seem Stone Age. But back then it was a sensation whenever I used it. Locals jostled to get [...]
Tip-top resources worth exploiting July 29, 2012 WITH the Olympics in full flow, the government is determined to drum up business from our foreign guests. After all, trade is what the wealth of nations is built upon. For its part, StartUp Britain has a free event on 6 August in City Hall on how start-ups and small businesses can explore overseas opportunities. [...]
Lake Como’s new luxury retreat July 29, 2012 LAKE COMO is not the sort of place you’d imagine having any shortage of luxury. For all that, Casta Diva is supposedly the first luxury hotel to be built there in 100 years. Originally an 18th century villa belonging to the legendary soprano Guiditta Pasta, the hotel has been expanded beyond the singer’s (heavily and [...]
Summer in grand style at Stockholm’s stateliest hotel July 29, 2012 SWEDEN has a wintry reputation: reindeer and igloos; massive cable knit sweaters with dorky prints and, of course, a depressing lack of daylight. But winter’s flipside is, in my view, the more compelling reason to visit. A 2AM sunrise, green fields and summer houses and lakes, sailing, country pursuits of all types, rolling in the [...]
Armitstead thanks the rain after silver medal heroics July 29, 2012 OLYMPIC hero Lizzie Armitstead paid tribute to the miserable British weather last night after winning Team GB’s first medal of the Games in the rain-hit women’s cycling road race. Huge crowds braved the elements in west London and Surrey to cheer on the British racers, encouraging Armitstead to a silver medal finish after she narrowly [...]
Victorious Hamilton: I can still win the title July 29, 2012 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton is confident that he can steal this season’s Formula One drivers’ championship after storming to a dominating victory in yesterday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver won the race from pole, fending off a persistent late attack from Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen. He had begun the day 62 points behind championship leader Fernando [...]
Uruguay will be tough, says skipper Giggs July 29, 2012 GREAT BRITAIN (3) vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1) TEAM GB captain Ryan Giggs conceded he and his team-mates will have to overcome a considerable challenge if they are to defeat Uruguay and qualify for the knockout stages of London 2012. It was he who become the tournament’s oldest men’s goalscorer when heading Britain in front [...]
Tearful Adlington adds to medal haul to make British history July 29, 2012 EMOTIONAL Rebecca Adlington credited a rousing home crowd last night after she became the first British woman to claim swimming medals in consecutive Olympic Games. The Mansfield 23-year-old summoned a tremendous finish to win bronze in the women’s 400m freestyle – Great Britain’s first medal in the pool at London 2012. Adlington, who won two [...]
Radcliffe left rueful after foot injury ravages Olympics dream July 29, 2012 WORLD record holder Paula Radcliffe has revealed her devastation at having to withdraw from the London 2012 marathon. Given that she has failed in her four previous attempts to win an Olympics medal, the London Games represented her final hope of fulfilling that particular ambition so it is only natural that a debilitating foot injury [...]
TODAY AT THE GAMES July 29, 2012 Gymnastics – artistic Men’s team final, 16.30 Judo Men’s -73kg, Daniel Williams (v. Rasul Boqiev) Round of 32 at 10:33 final at 16:10 Women’s -57kg, Sarah Clark (v. Automne Pavia) Round of 32 09:51 final at 16:00 Swimming Men’s 100m backstroke, Liam Tancock, Final at 19:58 Men’s 200m freestyle, Robbie Renwick, final at 19:43 Equestrian [...]
