Fury promoters Queensberry see profits rise after Dubois vs Joshua bout December 30, 2025 Tyson Fury promoters Queensberry turned a profit of over £11m in their latest accounts after the Frank Warren-founded firm saw over 90,000 pack Wembley Stadium for the fight between Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua. Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, filed on Companies House, show profits at Queensberry Promotions Limited rose from just [...]
This remote part of Patagonia is one of the wildest places on Earth December 30, 2025 Get the best of Patagonia by going out into the sticks, says Luke Abrahams It’s roughly 9am on a blisteringly hot January morning and I find myself in the driest place on earth. My skin is flaking and my lips are so chapped they are bloody painful to touch. The first question I have on [...]
Center Parcs: UK pension funds in talks for stake in holiday giant December 27, 2025 A number of Britain’s biggest public sector pension schemes are understood to be eyeing a stake in the holiday giant Center Parcs after the Treasury ramped up its efforts for funds to invest in UK-based assets. The Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), the London-based Local Pension Partnership (LPPI) and the Edinburgh-based Lothian Pension Scheme are [...]
The Italy holiday taking in amazing skiing and a lesser-visited city December 27, 2025 THE WEEKEND South Tyrol offers the ideal low-key winter getaway. Nestled amidst the visually spectacular Dolomites, the destination offers a unique blend of cultures. In the low-lying towns, traditional Italian arcades meet onion-domed church towers reminiscent of Bavaria (both German and Italian are spoken here and the culture blends elements of both countries). After a [...]
Here are the biggest, best cultural moments of 2025 December 25, 2025 The year that was 2025 will be remembered as the 365 days in which Taylor got hitched, Trump clashed with Musk and Celebrity Traitors captured the nation. Here are the nine defining cultural moments of 2025. Cultural moments of 2025: Britpop’s back, baby! Can anything top the capitalist monolith of the Oasis reunion this summer [...]
Purton and Shum hope to print the Christmas Cash at Sha Tin December 24, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong has come thick and fast over the Christmas and New Year period – five meetings in the past fortnight – and resumes again at Sha Tin on Saturday with a 10-race programme. With a mixed bag of action, including three on the all-weather surface and seven on turf, racing enthusiasts will [...]
The Wolf is Coming to Win for Shum December 19, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong reverts to Saturday from Sunday this weekend for an 11-race programme at Sha Tin and features the Class Two Ivy Handicap (9.05am) over six furlongs. With the Christmas festivities fast approaching, it will be paramount for many racegoers to top up their balances to pay for the turkey and presents under [...]
From African safaris to Patagonia skies: how stargazing helped me process grief December 18, 2025 Humans have taken solace in the stars for tens of thousands of years. After his mother was diagnosed with cancer Luke Abrahams took a trip to South Africa and amid the grief, found himself comforted by the universe Last April, I found myself alone in the African bush. It was just after 11am and I [...]
Mark Kleinman: Corporates queue up for 2026 p(l)ay-date December 18, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column Corporates queue up for 2026 p(l)ay-date Talk about being on the naughty step. For Anglo American, sealing its $60bn merger with Canada’s Teck Resources – and in the process putting well and truly paid to BHP’s [...]
Wild by Tart launch limited edition gin in national supermarkets December 17, 2025 The founders behind Wild by Tart have launched a limited edition gin in national supermarkets as they look to expand from their restaurateur roots. The duo, who started their culinary careers as food columnists for the Evening Standard Magazine, launched Wild by Tart in October 2019 in London Victoria. They have now collaborated with Bathtub [...]