Sarries dent Wasps’ play-off bid as Tigers hand London Welsh reprieve March 8, 2015 WASPS director of rugby Dai Young insisted his side are progressing despite crashing to a 26-17 defeat to play-off rivals Saracens and surrendering their unbeaten Premiership record at the Ricoh Arena yesterday, Tries from flanker Jackson Wray and wing Chris Wyles helped turn the tide in Saracens’ favour after the Allianz Park outfit had trailed [...]
Great Britain set for a Davis Cup venue dilemma March 8, 2015 GREAT Britain are set to face a quandary over the staging of their Davis Cup quarter-final with France after sealing progress to the last eight with success over the United States in Glasgow yesterday. Hosts Britain will decide the venue for the clash, which will take place between 17-19 July, while Glasgow’s Emirates Arena and [...]
Following in my father’s footsteps March 8, 2015 GEOFF LESTER CATCHES UP WITH JOCKEY TOM SCUDAMORE ON THE EVE OF THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL TOM SCUDAMORE would concede that he was a bit-player in his first 12 Cheltenham Festivals, managing just two handicap winners from 120 rides, but the lights turned to green last year when he was on the victory rostrum three times, [...]
Theatre review: Game is nasty and brutish – but effective March 6, 2015 Almeida Theatre | ★★★★☆ Game at the Almeida is a disturbing collage of contemporaneousness that aims a poison-tipped dart at a number of hot-button issues ranging from the shortage of affordable homes to our reality TV obsession. Writer Mike Bartlett and designer-directors Sacha Wares and Miriam Buether have gone to extreme lengths to realise their [...]
City Moves for 06 March 2015 | Who’s switching jobs March 5, 2015 Dean Street Advisers Dean Street Advisers has announced that Evgenij Klenin is joining the firm. He previously worked at Arma Partners, where he focused on M&A transactions in the technology, media & telecommunications and aerospace & defence sectors. Savills The real estate firm has appointed Andrew Holden as director in its property management team. He [...]
Evans spit was natural action, says Van Gaal March 5, 2015 MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal has defended Jonny Evans over his spitting row with Newcastle’s Papiss Cisse, insisting the defender was only doing “something natural” by spitting on the floor. Cisse last night accepted a Football Association (FA) charge of spitting at Evans and is now set to face a seven-match ban, a harsher punishment [...]
Murray doubles riddle as Great Britain target Davis Cup win over US March 5, 2015 INTRIGUE surrounds Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie with the United States, which starts today in Glasgow, after Andy Murray insisted he was likely to take on a reduced role for the weekend. World No5 Murray had been expected to spearhead Britain’s attempts to repeat last year’s away victory over the Americans by playing in the [...]
Impatient for success: Is Generation Y prepared for reality? March 5, 2015 It's a well-worn stereotype that young people want overnight success and underestimate the amount of hard graft they have put in to make something of themselves. This is perhaps true more so now than ever with young successful tech billionaires dominating the news and even becoming the focus of the silver screen. So do today's [...]
London mayor Boris Johnson backs paid internships in London at national minimum wage, “if not the London Living Wage” March 5, 2015 London mayor Boris Johnson has backed calls to take action on the scourge of unpaid internships blighting the prospects of young people in the capital. It's understood to be the first time the mayor has outlined his position on the issue, saying he supported paid internships and encouraged businesses employing interns to pay at least [...]
Alastair Campbell on winners: Are there any left in the Labour party? March 5, 2015 When the political satire In The Loop came out in 2009, the Culture Show did a segment in which the critic Mark Kermode watched the film with Alastair Campbell. Afterwards, a sourfaced Campbell delivered his verdict: “I didn’t find it terribly funny.” Kermode said he had sympathy with any representation of politics as venal and [...]