The Burnt City review: Punchdrunk return in spectacular fashion April 22, 2022 Punchdrunk is the company that put immersive theatre on the map. Its productions of The Drowned Man (2013) and Sleep No More (2003, although best known for its 2011 revival in New York) created the modern blueprint for the medium, spawning a thousand imitators, most of whom only served to highlight how difficult immersive theatre [...]
Next generation could spend 10 years in metaverse as industry booms April 19, 2022 The next generation could spend up to 10 years in virtual realities over the course of their lifetime, new research has revealed.
Yours for £22.5m: Inside Charles Dickens’ former Regent’s Park property April 18, 2022 An seven-bedroom property overlooking Regent’s Park, which formerly belonged to Charles Dickens, is on sale for the first time since before 1995. Dickens, the lauded author behind Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations, once summered in the Grade I listed home in 1861. Largely unchanged since Dickens’ time, beyond the newly fitted Nordic [...]
New law to protect family savings set to be unveiled this week April 18, 2022 New laws to protect shoppers’ money in savings clubs are to be announced by the government this week. Savings clubs allow shoppers to pay for goods and services in instalments throughout the year, instead of in one go. These savings are currently not protected as they would be in a bank account by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. However, [...]
Stateside inflation roars to highest rate since Christmas 1981 April 12, 2022 Stateside inflation has roared to its steepest level since Christmas 1981 in a sign of darker times to come for UK households, reveals official figures released today. Prices are 8.5 per cent higher than they were a year ago in the US, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The damning figures strengthen the [...]
SECOND CAN TURN THIRD INTO FIRST THIS TIME AROUND April 7, 2022 Bill Esdaile’s Grand National 1-2-3-4-5 Any Second Now Run Wild Fred Delta Work Longhouse Poet Fortescue BUSINESS as usual. That’s the message from Aintree as the crowds flock back in their thousands after last year’s ‘behind-closed-doors’ Randox Grand National. However, one notable absentee this year is Tiger Roll, who will not be bidding for a historic [...]
Fresh Kemboy can give Mullins another Bowl April 6, 2022 THERE is no mistake that currently the Irish have the upper hand in National Hunt racing. Tornado Flyer’s dominant victory in the King George and a clean sweep of all four championship races at the Cheltenham Festival were further evidence that they are streets ahead of their British counterparts at the moment. It’s certainly a [...]
Hospitality firms receive less than half of £635m Omicron support package despite fierce struggle to survive April 4, 2022 New analysis has found that hospitality firms in England affected by Omicron have received less than half of the £635m support package promised by the Government. The Treasury announced funding in December to provide a lifeline for businesses suffering from mass cancellations and declining footfall over the Christmas period when the Omicron variant of coronavirus [...]
Hospitality venues receive less than half of £635m Omicron support package April 4, 2022 Hospitality businesses in England received less than half of a £635m support package promised at the end of last year to make up for Omicron cancellations. Just £305m was paid out less than three weeks before the final cut off, analysis by the Altus Group revealed. The Treasury had announced one-off grants worth up to [...]
Prices in prestigious London areas could dip as Russians rush to sell homes March 28, 2022 Real estate experts have said the impact of sanctions on Russians could lead to a saturated market in some of London’s priciest neighbourhoods. “While the sanctions against Russia only impact a relatively small pocket of the market, the prime market is one that very much operates on quality over quantity,” according to director of Benham [...]