Racing betting: Neil Mulholland can Master his rivals in Sandown highlight April 21, 2016 In recent years Sandown’s National Hunt season finale has been a little formulaic – no-one has had much of a look-in except AP McCoy and Paul Nicholls. But this year is going to be different. As we all know, McCoy has retired and the whole jumping fraternity will be united in celebration on Saturday for Richard [...]
Funny Girl review: Sheridan Smith is show-stoppingly hilarious in this hit comedy musical April 21, 2016 If there were any lingering concerns about Sheridan Smith’s ability to fill the Streisand-sized boots of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, they’re almost immediately dashed the moment she takes to the stage. They’re dashed and then dashed again, and then any remaining shreds of undashed concern are swept up in a little basket and hurled [...]
City boys flock to lunch with former England rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio, while First Milk chair Clive Sharp bags tickets to Twickers April 21, 2016 To Canary Wharf, where former rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio joined other relics from the world of rugger came to be wined and dined in aid of the youth charity in Dallaglio's name. Folks from Standard Chartered, Balfour Betty and WPP joined ex rugger stars Dallaglio, Will Greenwood and Austin Healey for what the hosts billed as "The [...]
Brewers: Restaurant owners will be richer, more handsome and more successful if they sell you more craft beer April 21, 2016 Well, knock us down with a feather. A beer industry body has suggested one in three people would visit restaurants more regularly – if more craft beer was available there. According to independent research for the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), conducted by M&C Allegra Foodservice, more than 33 per cent of 1,000 people would be enticed [...]
The 10 most awful overused opening lines used by students April 21, 2016 Never was the slogan "think different" more appropriate. Students across the country are falling back on hackneyed phrases to get into university, which spells trouble when they go for that first graduate job and head into the big old world of work. a studdy has shown Anyone hiring fresh from uni might already be familiar with these turns [...]
One Direction has a lot to learn: This group of grandads is the UK’s richest band April 21, 2016 Wild horses couldn't stop the Rolling Stones from being crowned the wealthiest band in Britain and Ireland. Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood have combined fortunes of £630m, up £40m on 2015. Read more: London has more billionaires than any other city in the world It was also a beautiful day for U2, who have a [...]
Vulnerable Brits are facing a personal debt crisis April 21, 2016 Back in 2010, reeling from a global financial crisis, Britain entered into a period of austerity. Talk from the government was of tightening belts, sensible spending and paying down debt. But while public expenditure has undoubtedly been tightened since then, levels of consumer credit have been creeping inexorably upwards. Findings from a new report by [...]
The best new Android handsets 2016, from LG, Huawei and HTC April 20, 2016 Here's the lowdown on which Android phone to pick up right now this very second… Go. HTC 10 The HTC 10 isn’t the thinnest or lightest Android on the market. But it’s a loveable little chunkster with reassuringly expensive heft and a rounded and outrageously chamfered backside that fits nicely in the palm. It’s an [...]
Who’s going to be on the Bank of England’s new £20 note? Beatrix Potter, JMW Turner and Banksy are all in the running, but David Bowie is not April 20, 2016 So long, Adam Smith. We hardly knew ye. The father of modern economics may have given us the foundations of the free market, but he's being unceremoniously ditched by the Bank of England as the face of the £20 this week. Not that he's in bad company, mind – others who have been loved and lost [...]
Virgin London Marathon 2016: How fast will you finish? This data company thinks it can predict your finish time April 20, 2016 Planning to run the London Marathon this weekend and fretting over what your finish time might be? This data company thinks it has cracked a way to predict how the 35,000 runners taking part will fare. Strava, running tracker and social media network, has crunched the numbers and thinks it's the frequency – as well [...]