Peter O’Toole is the style icon, not Harry Styles October 20, 2022 As a society obsessed with novelty and hyperbole, we seem to anoint a new “style icon” on a weekly basis, more often even than we change chancellors of the exchequer. Recently we have bowed down before Harry Styles, who seems to have slept in his grandmother’s laundry basket; Tom Holland, awkward out of his Spider-Man [...]
New London hotel: 1 Hotel Mayfair’s new Tom Sellers restaurant is Michelin star worthy August 3, 2023 Inside the 1 Hotel Mayfair, where Tom Sellers, the chef behind twice-Michelin-starred Restaurant Story, has opened his newest eatery. The hotel is one of the openings of the year, and focuses on sustainability in its design and ethos. Does the theme work or feel like a lecture? Adam Bloodworth checks in At the newly-opened 1 [...]
Lor’s Legend set to make punters Happy May 3, 2022 FRANKIE Lor can extend his lead in the Trainers’ Championship race when Sha Tin hosts a nine-race programme – eight on the all-weather and one on turf – in Hong Kong today. A treble at Sha Tin on Sunday saw Lor put daylight between himself and 11-time Champion Trainer John Size, and he has bright [...]
“Fundamentally unfair”: The BBC Licence Fee prosecutions hitting the vulnerable hardest March 21, 2024 Cases of vulnerable individuals being prosecuted for not paying their TV licence has led to calls for a fast-track justice procedure to be scrapped.
Beverly Hills, 9021: Oh! Checking into the Beverly Hills Hotel for its centenary year July 27, 2023 The Beverly Hills Hotel, aka The Pink Palace is still the place to be seen in Hollywood, says Siobhan Grogan. From celeb-spotting to relaxing, this is still a rare paradise at 100 years old Within a few short hours of arriving in Los Angeles, I’m sitting metres away from two of the most famous women [...]
Sublime Jimmy Anderson takes 650th victim 19 years after his first June 14, 2022 “When he makes it swing, the Barmy Army sing, for Jimmy Anderson.” The chant made famous by England’s most devoted Test fans in the 2017 Ashes. But James Anderson has been running in the new ball for his national side now for over 19 years. The 39-year-old has long been a favourite of players, coaches [...]
Porsche Cayman GT4 RS review: street fighter August 9, 2022 Tim Pitt drives the Porsche Cayman GT4 RS – a factory hot rod with the 500hp flat-six from the 911 GT3. It could be the last of a dying breed.
General Motors shuts eight plants amid supply shortages September 3, 2021 Vehicle manufacturer General Motors will shut down most of its North American plants in September as the semi-conductor chip shortage continues to bite. Yesterday the company announced it would shut four plants in the US, three in Mexico and one in Canada for up to two weeks, including two sites which make the company’s trademark [...]
Bitcoin’s hashrate recovers from 40% plunge as crypto industry consolidates January 2, 2023 Data from CryptoCompare shows the price of Bitcoin started the final week of 2022 trading close to $17,000 mark, but plunged to $16,400.
Take your seat for the Bank of England, Federal Reserve and central banks’ final act May 2, 2023 This is the final act in central banks’ aggressive interest rate hike cycle. Well, so say most analysts at the moment.