The metaverse could be just the tonic for social prescribing April 8, 2022 How the metaverse might alleviate social isolation, mental health and other social problems, is an intriguing exploration, says Jane Thomason.
EP: 124 Aintree Grand National Day & Hong Kong April 8, 2022 For some, the greatest jumps race in the world takes place on Saturday afternoon at Aintree racecourse when 40 horses line up in this year’s Grand National, run over the unique and historic fences. Jockey Davy Russell talks us through the Gordon Elliott runners. Charlie Longsdon has always hoped his exciting grey Snow Leopardess would [...]
EP: 123 Aintree – Friday April 7, 2022 We can look forward to some high class jumps racing at Aintree on Friday, a day before the Grand National takes place. Four Grade 1 races feature on Friday, alongside the Topham Handicap Chase which is run over the national fences, albeit over a shorter trip. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best [...]
Britain’s love of Channel 4 is blinded by nostalgia, it’s time to finally sell up April 6, 2022 From a quasi-outsider’s perspective – I lived in Australia for the first 26 years of my life – Channel 4’s current makeup seems bizarre. It is state-owned, but commercially funded. Editorially independent, but bound by a legislative public service remit. The notion of having a public broadcaster that provides news coverage free from all commercial [...]
European tech laws should tempt the next Silicon Valley to cross the Atlantic April 1, 2022 In the early years of the last century, Louis Brandeis of America’s Supreme Court believed that markets, without regulation, would destroy their most treasured characteristic, competition. It was Justice Brandeis, above all others, whose actions curtailed the oil industry’s “robber barons” and brought about the age of “antitrust”. Today, for the first time since, anti-monopolists [...]
NFTs shaking up the music industry March 28, 2022 Adi Ben-Ari explains how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) could one day overtake the music industry's current streaming model.
Tales from the Crypto: Will digital assets save sport sponsorship or prove a horror story? March 21, 2022 When you think of US cable TV giant HBO, blockbuster drama series like Game of Thrones, The Sopranos and The Wire immediately spring to mind. One of the first major triumphs for the network, though, was Tales from the Crypt, a horror anthology inspired by a cult 1950 comic book series. The series was successful [...]
More than 100 listed UK companies sound alarm as Ukraine war makes investors move away from shares to gold March 21, 2022 115 UK listed companies have now warned of the effects of the war in Ukraine in their stock exchange announcements. The number of companies warning of the risk the situation in Ukraine poses has risen almost fivefold in the past week, up from 20 the week before. So far few have quantified the impact on [...]
Abramovich’s toxic Chelsea FC legacy must make us rethink ownership in our communities March 18, 2022 Chelsea football club is in limbo. It can’t sell tickets or shirts, it can’t even renew contracts. This is a London cup-winning team that has been sent to Coventry and has no idea how long it will stay cut off. Dozens of players, thousands of employees and millions of fans are all now suffering for [...]
Christian Horner interview: ‘Red Bull put Formula 1 back on the map last year’ March 16, 2022 The dust is still settling on last year’s rancorous Formula 1 season as a new one is about to begin in Bahrain this weekend but Oracle Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner is keen to put the acrimony with Mercedes and opposite number Toto Wolff behind him. Well, mostly. Three months on from a hugely [...]