BARCLAYS HIRES CLINTON SPINNER PENN FOR POST-CRUNCH COUNSEL August 5, 2009 BARCLAYS has brought in the big guns. Actually, it’s just the one gun, but they don’t come much bigger – Mark Penn, the American political pollster-cum-public relations guru who numbers both the Clintons, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Microsoft boss Bill Gates among his powerful clients. Penn is the worldwide chief executive of [...]
Benitez seals 20m swoop for Aquilani August 5, 2009 LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez yesterday moved quickly to fill the gap left by Xabi Alonso by agreeing a £20m fee with Roma for Italy midfielder Alberto Aquilani. While Alonso was completing his protracted £34m transfer to Real Madrid, Benitez wasted no time in replacing the Spaniard by confirming a deal for Aquilani. The 25-year-old is [...]
The making of a French fashion icon July 30, 2009 FilmCOCO BEFORE CHANELCert: 12A SOME bad PR about Gabrielle, aka Coco, Chanel emerged on the release of this film, namely that she was anti-Semitic and homophobic (traits she pre shared with her Nazi live-in lover during the Occupation of Paris). Audrey Tautou herself, who plays Chanel, prattled on about it in interviews. But when did [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 7, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES RECESSION INCREASES SUICIDE AND MURDERUnemployment and recession add to the death toll from suicide, murder and heart attacks but cut the number killed in road accidents, according to the most comprehensive analysis so far of the health effects of economic downturn. Researchers at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 22, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES BRAMDEAN FUND POSTS HEAVY FALLBramdean Alternatives, the listed fund of alternative funds, has posted its worst monthly fall in net asset value in sterling terms since its inception two years ago. The fund, which is managed by Nicola Horlick’s Bramdean Asset Management, suffered a 7.7 per cent fall in net asset value to [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 22, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES BRAMDEAN FUND POSTS HEAVY FALLBramdean Alternatives, the listed fund of alternative funds, has posted its worst monthly fall in net asset value in sterling terms since its inception two years ago. The fund, which is managed by Nicola Horlick’s Bramdean Asset Management, suffered a 7.7 per cent fall in net asset value to [...]
Fabio’s thanks to fans who defied Tube chaos June 10, 2009 ENGLAND head coach Fabio Capello paid tribute to loyal supporters who defied the Tube strike in their thousands to attend last night’s clash at Wembley. The Football Association had offered fans refunds if they chose to stay away amid travel chaos caused by the industrial action. But with many Underground lines working despite gloomy forecasts, [...]
Emerging Lions excite Geech May 28, 2009 BRITISH and Irish Lions head coach Ian McGeechan admits he cannot wait to see the class of 2009 in competitive action for the first time tomorrow. McGeechan has named nine Lions debutants, including 21-year-old Ireland centre Keith Earls and England flanker Joe Worsley, for the opening match of their tour of South Africa. And the [...]
Emerging Lions excite Geech May 28, 2009 BRITISH and Irish Lions head coach Ian McGeechan admits he cannot wait to see the class of 2009 in competitive action for the first time tomorrow. McGeechan has named nine Lions debutants, including 21-year-old Ireland centre Keith Earls and England flanker Joe Worsley, for the opening match of their tour of South Africa. And the [...]
Museum of fun May 21, 2009 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2Cert: PGTHIS Bank Holiday’s slice of family-centric fodder pulls off that rare cinematic trick – it’s a sequel that’s better than the original. However, given that the original Night at the Museum was a dog’s dinner of a film, the bigger surprise is that it was ever a big enough hit [...]