Another Round review – drinking drama earns its Oscar June 30, 2021 A lot of films make it to our screens thanks to an interesting concept – what if there was a theme park that brought back dinosaurs, what if a man’s whole life was a 24-hour TV show, what if you could invade someone’s dreams? The idea behind Danish drama Another Round is slightly less ambitious, [...]
Bitcoin is paving the way for El Salvador to be a real economic powerhouse October 7, 2022 Jason Deane finds out - at first hand - how countries like El Salvador may genuinely end up showing us the way forward.
I’ll be toasting International Tequila Day with a Maestro DOBEL July 23, 2021 National and international awareness days for foods and drinks might have begun as cynical marketing ploys, but some have evolved into annual events that the public have embraced with genuine enthusiasm. One of the most successful of these pseudo-holidays is International Margarita Day, which takes place on 22 February, and in pre-Covid times was widely [...]
Morgan Plus Four CX-T review: Let’s off-road! November 13, 2021 The Morgan Plus Four CX-T is a crazy collision between a classic sports car and a desert racer. Tim Pitt tries to make sense of it.
Best of 2022: Sir Geoff Hurst: ‘My own memory could fade. You expect it to happen’ December 25, 2022 In this exclusive interview first published in July 2022, Sir Geoff Hurst says seeing most of his 1966 World Cup winning team-mates suffer with dementia convinced him to preserve his memories in the form of a digital artwork and raise money for Alzheimer’s charities. Every morning Sir Geoff Hurst goes for an hour-long walk through [...]
The likelihood of a bubble forming in financial markets February 1, 2021 Concerns are mounting as to whether financial markets may have entered bubble territory over the past few weeks. Some analysts are warning that instances of excessive behaviour have become apparent and more frequent. The usual key ingredients to form a bubble in financial markets include cheap credit or easy money and an enticing narrative, with [...]
Crypto markets bounce back as Elon Musk buys Twitter April 26, 2022 The price of Bitcoin has clambered its way back past the $40k mark, up around five per cent over the past 24 hours to around $40,500.
Bitcoin back above $40k as crypto correlation grows March 16, 2022 The crypto markets are looking a little perkier today, with the price of Bitcoin (BTC), the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, briefly breaking above the $41,000 mark.
Name-dropping: Elon Musk changes job title to Technoking of Tesla March 15, 2021 Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk has a history of riling shareholders with his unusual behaviour, and his latest stunt could put another black mark by his name. In a stock market filing today, the troublesome tycoon announced he has changed his job title to Technoking of Tesla, in addition to his current role of chief executive. [...]
Crypto markets unmoved despite EU news and Musk’s best efforts on Twitter March 15, 2022 The price of Bitcoin has barely moved, despite positive news from the EU and Elon Musk telling everyone to hold BTC, ETH and DOGE.