Shakhtar Donetsk on playing in London, Russian rockets and ‘Invest in Ukraine’ Sport Business Shakhtar Donetsk have set up shop in London at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge to show the world that Ukraine remains open for business despite five years of aggression from Russia, their CEO tells City AM. Serhii Palkin, the long-serving CEO of Shakhtar Donetsk, has just joined our call when the grim reality of trying to run [...]
Russia wins legal bid to come in from the cold in international ice hockey Sport Business Russia’s controversial bid to be allowed back into global sport has made further inroads after it won a legal battle with the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced today that it has upheld an appeal from the Russian Ice Hockey Federation against its ban from international competitions on safety and [...]
Sorry padel bores, the sport doesn’t deserve an Olympics spot yet Sport Business Padel may be increasingly ubiquitous but Olympics organisers are wise not to embrace every fashionable sport, says Ed Warner. Thwock! I’m just back from a week’s holiday in Cyprus. Apologies – had I predicted the extent of the power cuts caused by Storms Austen and Boelo (thought ex-Chelsea FC’s Todd when I first heard a [...]
I turned 40 and booked the Silk Road trip of my childhood dreams October 26, 2026 Uzbekistan is a pinnacle of the Silk Road but remains fairly undiscovered. Hannah Copeland went in search of childhood fantasies and got lost in vibrant bazaars My fascination with Central Asia began as a teenager when I read a historical romance novel about an Uzbek Princess and her travels along the Silk Road. The epic [...]
9 best London Film Festival movies – and when they’re in UK cinemas October 23, 2026 Over 250 films, 33 world premieres, and 88 participating countries… City AM’s culture desk have rounded up the movies we saw at this year’s London Film Festival, which has wrapped for another year. From legal dramas to terrifyingly prescient films about AI, alternative histories and horrors, here are our thoughts on the releases this year, [...]
IOC’s abdication over Russia is causing much angst as clock ticks down to LA28 Olympics October 22, 2026 It’s baffling that sport’s global leaders are still prevaricating over Russia as the LA28 Olympics and Paralympics draw ever nearer, says Ed Warner. To Brentford FC’s Gtech Community Stadium last week for the second outing of The NEDwork, a gathering of chairs and non-executive directors from across Great Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic governing bodies. Russia’s [...]
Paper Tiger review: Adam Driver and Miles Teller star in gritty gangster thriller October 21, 2026 Adam Driver and Miles Teller elevate James Gray’s gritty 1980s New York crime thriller, even as Paper Tiger falters at the finish.
Caviar for breakfast, lunch and dinner: On board the world’s only luxury icebreaker with Alain Ducasse October 21, 2026 Caviar on boiled eggs cooked by Alain Ducasse at sea? Anna Moloney jumps on board luxury cruise Le Commandant Charcot for a winter tour.
Amsterdam & Partners LLP: Foreign Investment Is Not Safe in Uzbekistan — Firm Denounces Government Over Fresh Arrests Ahead of Rubio Visit October 14, 2026 Amsterdam & Partners LLP today denounced the Government of Uzbekistan at a press conference in London over the escalating criminal persecution of those behind the fintech platform Solfy, and warned that foreign investment in the country cannot be considered safe. The warning comes days before United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due in [...]
The Cherry Orchard – Harold Pinter Theatre: Kristin Scott Thomas is luminous October 14, 2026 The Cherry Orchard at the Noel Coward Theatre with Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Mangan, review and star rating: ★★★★ Luminous Kristin Scott Thomas is the perfect choice for eccentric, blinkered stateswoman Lyubov Ranevskaya in Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, a mound of gesticulating passion and nostalgic delusion as the broke matriarch being slowly and [...]