Lawrence Dallaglio: Auction part of drive to give kids better prospects December 7, 2020 Watching the Autumn Nations Cup over the past few weeks has brought some much-needed entertainment to our lives but it has also provided a funding lifeline for the sport in a time where it was nervously looking into a challenging future. Whilst the sport will have to navigate some tricky decisions in relation to the [...]
David Fincher’s Mank is a classic about a classic December 5, 2020 There is a sad irony to David Fincher’s love letter to Old Hollywood being a big new release for Netflix. Mank is the company’s big hope for Oscar glory, as films about the film business tend to go down well with the people in it (Birdman, La La Land, The Artist, Adaptation… we could go [...]
Kol restaurant review: An endlessly inventive tour through modern Mexico December 5, 2020 Restaurants have finally reopened this week and what better way to celebrate than by indulging in a tasting menu at Kol, designed by one of the world’s most highly-rated young chefs. What is Kol? Reopening on Wednesday, Kol is a Mexican fine dining restaurant that, after two years of meticulous planning, was open for just [...]
The Mandalorian season 2 episode 6: S2E6 sees a legend return December 5, 2020 *** SPOILERS AHEAD: If you haven’t watched the most recent episodes of The Mandalorian Season 2, look away now*** After a few episodic adventures, the larger picture of this season of The Mandalorian seems to be coming together. Last episode we got a huge chunk of information about The Child – or Grogu, as he [...]
Cameron van der Burgh on ‘winning the swimming game’, his new life at a London hedge fund and his mental health struggles December 4, 2020 It was at the afterparty for the Rio 2016 Olympics that the seeds of Cameron van der Burgh’s move to a London hedge fund were sown. Days earlier, the South African had been beaten into second place in the men’s 100m breaststroke final by his great rival, Britain’s Adam Peaty. Van der Burgh was not [...]
Week in Sportbiz: Yashenkov makes fan pledge ahead of election; global golf tour moves step closer; and Cazoo trumpets Hundred deal December 3, 2020 It’s a big weekend for rugby in Europe, and not just because of the final round of Autumn Nations Cup fixtures. On Friday, Russian challenger Kirill Yashenkov is hoping to topple incumbent Octavian Morariu and be named president of Rugby Europe. Yashenkov has vowed to double the organisation’s budget and create more opportunities for elite [...]
Military vet Barry John to host Brunswick Art Gallery show December 2, 2020 A new exhibition will open this weekend at the Brunswick Art Gallery showcasing the work of military veteran Barry John MBE, who takes elements of the places he visited during his service and combines them to form vivid, graffiti-style artworks. John, who served in the military for 24 years, told City A.M. he wanted to [...]
Dial “Enterprise, Enterprise, Enterprise” for this economic emergency December 2, 2020 Never before has a chancellor had to stand in the House of Commons and present quite such dire economic news: the largest fall in output in 300 years; the highest level of borrowing in our peacetime history; and unemployment set to rise by over a million in the next six months. Amid this economic emergency [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Little very much a Player for Hayes December 1, 2020 WHILE leading trainer Caspar Fownes can’t stop saddling winners in Hong Kong – he celebrated his 500th winner at Happy Valley last week – at the other end of the spectrum, legendary handler David Hayes, has made an underwhelming start to his second career move to the territory. The former HK champion trainer and Melbourne [...]
Video: Premiership rugby 2020-21 season preview: Wasps, Bristol and Sale best placed to topple Exeter November 30, 2020 [brid video=”681229″ player=”24372″ title=”Premiership%20rugby%20202021%20season%20preview” duration=”422″ description=”” uploaddate=”2020-11-20 12:18:43″ thumbnailurl=”https://cdn.brid.tv/live/partners/18445/thumb/681229_t_1605874744.png” contentUrl=”https://cdn.brid.tv/live/partners/18445/sd/681229.mp4″] It’s surreal that Premiership rugby returns this weekend, just 27 days after Exeter lifted the trophy. But in 2020, everything is out of the ordinary. With Exeter also winning the European Champions Cup and Bristol the Challenge Cup, the English game is in a good [...]