Mixing with stars, racing with a couple and being a lucky charm August 10, 2011 Olympic champion shares Cowes Week diary with City A.M. ELBOWING my way forward through the crowds to get a view of the action, I got out amongst it to watch the starts of the Royal Yacht Squadron yesterday. The four super yachts started their round-the-island race and Rambler, the 100ft Ferrari equivalent, looked amazing with [...]
Boat damage and races hit in high winds August 10, 2011 FIERCE winds caused damage to boats and saw yesterday’s Extreme Sailing Series action called off – but that didn’t prevent an array of thrilling racing at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, with a sprinkling of royalty and Hollywood thrown in. A-list actor Ewan McGregor and Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne and top equestrienne, were [...]
From royal fairytale to banana republic August 10, 2011 WHAT a year of contrast this has been for the UK. A few months ago, the world looked on longingly as we put on a marvellous, heart-warming show for the royal wedding, in a brilliant piece of PR highlighting the continuity and stability of Britain’s institutions, a valuable commodity in a troubled world. Today, all [...]
Pink’s lucky not to sink after accident August 8, 2011 EXTREME 40s delivered the drama at Cowes yet again yesterday when John Pink’s Aberdeen Asset Management cartwheeled spectacularly in gusty afternoon conditions. The British team, who had earlier notched an encouraging second place in the day’s first race, were stuck between rivals Niceforyou and Red Bull Extreme Sailing when the boat flipped and almost capsized [...]
Pink’s lucky not to sink after accident August 8, 2011 EXTREME 40s delivered the drama at Cowes yet again yesterday when John Pink’s Aberdeen Asset Management cartwheeled spectacularly in gusty afternoon conditions. The British team, who had earlier notched an encouraging second place in the day’s first race, were stuck between rivals Niceforyou and Red Bull Extreme Sailing when the boat flipped and almost capsized [...]
My shock at seeing oil tanker plough into tiny yacht August 7, 2011 Olympic Champion sailor shares her Cowes Week diary with City A.M. IT’S only the third morning of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week and our household must be getting old, because we have already had a slightly earlier night last night. We have picked up a few waifs and strays. Pippa Wilson, who I sailed with [...]
USA saves the world again July 28, 2011 Film CAPTAIN AMERICA – THE FIRST AVENGER Cert: 12A HAVING run through all the other superheroes, to the extent that obscure ones known only to hardcore comics buffs are being rolled out – is it really a surprise that the Green Lantern bombed? – Hollywood has finally addressed the trickiest of the lot. Captain Americ, [...]
US senators call for probe on News Corp July 13, 2011 AS NEWS Corp’s BSkyB bid lay in tatters, a potentially devastating storm gathered pace in the US yesterday. Two senators called for the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate whether News Corp broke US laws banning payments to influence a foreign official, relating to the phone hacking scandal at News International. [...]
US senators call for probe on News Corp July 13, 2011 AS NEWS Corp’s BSkyB bid lay in tatters, a potentially devastating storm gathered pace in the US yesterday. Two senators called for the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate whether News Corp broke US laws banning payments to influence a foreign official, relating to the phone hacking scandal at News International. [...]
FTSE 100 CHAIRMEN BACK DRIVE FOR MORE WOMEN ON UK BOARDS July 13, 2011 THE DEBATE about how to get more businesswomen into the boardroom continued last night at the Lansdowne Club, as FTSE 100 chairmen came to hear BAE Systems’ chairman Dick Olver outline his plans for reform. “It is not a matter of quotas; it is a question of better decisions in the boardroom,” said Olver, who [...]