Italy’s Super Tuscans are now considered investment grade wines March 27, 2015 Italian winemaking dates back to the Etruscans and later the Oenotrians whose name derives from the Greek word for wine (oinos). Today, Italy boasts over 2,000 grape varieties, a wealth of regions, soil types, micro-climates and wine cultures. For centuries Italy’s wines were as divided as the country. Winemaking in Italy fell into the doldrums [...]
Film review: Blind is divisive but gripping March 27, 2015 Cert 18 | ★★★★☆ Films about the blind, like films about the deaf, are faced with a formal problem: how do you convey the subjective experience of blindness without showing the viewer a blank screen for two hours? Compellingly, the Sundance-winning Blind gets around the problem by focusing on the flights of imagination that can [...]
Betway Lincoln horse-by-horse guide March 26, 2015 BILL ESDAILE TAKES A LOOK AT THE RUNNERS FOR TOMORROW’S FLAT SEASON OPENER AT DONCASTER AND THE DUBAI WORLD CUP AT MEYDAN 1 BRONZE ANGEL 20/1 Major improver at the back end of last season, rattling off wins in two ultra-competitive big field handicaps. Trip and ground fine, but plenty more needed as he begins [...]
Barclays and ARM weigh on FTSE amid a little sun from TUI – London Report March 25, 2015 BRITAIN’S leading share index gave up early gains yesterday, led down by a late drop in chip designer ARM and a fall in Barclays after a broker downgraded the stock. The blue chip FTSE 100 index was down 28.71 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 6,990.97 points by the close, having hit a record intra-day [...]
Chinese government cyber division accused of hacking Google March 25, 2015 A wing of the Chinese government has been accused of being behind a recent attack on Google, as well as previous hacks on Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo. Anti-censorship organisation GreatFire.org today highlighted a recent admission by Google that it had been the subject of a “man in the middle” (MITM) attack which it traced [...]
Will Apple become the first $1 trillion company this year? March 24, 2015 It's been mere months since Apple's market cap smashed through $700bn, but already one US brokerage has predicted it's going to become the first $1 trillion (£669bn) company within the next 12 months. Yesterday, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White issued a 12-month price target of $180 last night. He said a "combination of forces", including [...]
Banks fear fast payments could worsen runs March 23, 2015 ONLINE accounts and instant payments could exacerbate future bank runs, the industry warned today, urging regulators to look into the possibility. Technological advances have improved life for customers and boosted competition in banking, but the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) said it could also create risks. “We all remember the queues outside Northern Rock as people [...]
Return of the photo maestro: Elliott Erwitt comes back to London March 23, 2015 Elliott Erwitt bore witness to some of the 20th century’s most important events. He photographed Marylin Monroe, Jack Kerouac and Che Guevera. He was present at President Kennedy’s funeral and on the set of numerous classic movies during the 50s and 60s. But he’s equally well known for his photographs of ordinary people. Some of [...]
City UK boss Gerry Grimstone: We’re not all bad apples March 23, 2015 Huge numbers of finance workers are unfairly bashed by politicians whose rhetoric mixes up the misbehaviour of a few bad apples with that of the honest majority, the head of a leading City lobby group said last night. Chancellor George Osborne hit the Square Mile hard in his Budget last week, raising several billion pounds [...]
Becoming Steve Jobs: The new biography by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli March 22, 2015 How much do you know about Steve Jobs? You recognise the custom-made black turtle necks. You probably know that, as well as co-founding Apple, he also founded NeXT and co-founded Pixar. And you may remember his death from pancreatic cancer in 2011. The authorised biography by Walter Isaacson, published the same year, gave a fact-heavy [...]