Why Adam Silver and Sir Philip Craven are my sports leadership heroes of the last 12 months December 15, 2016 If politics entered a post-truth era in 2016, sport entered a post-trust era. So much of sport is about trust – from your teammates to the coaches and medical team to the administrators that govern the game. Slowly but surely trust has been seeping out of the sports we love, and 2016 was the climax of [...]
Lessons in wine: Tis the season to get tipsy on our top Christmas picks November 17, 2015 Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat and it is time to start planning Christmas lunch. While the true meaning of Christmas is peace and goodwill to all, a delicious lunch and good wine comes in a strong second. Sometimes the only way to get through TV re-runs, that protracted and competitive game of [...]
British astronaut Tim Peake has blasted off into space: Here’s what you should know about the ISS mission December 15, 2015 British astronaut Tim Peake is currently heading skyward aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, heading beyond the Earth's atmosphere to the International Space Station (ISS). Just after 11am today, Peake took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan. You can watch his mission live here: Once he reaches his destination, he'll spend the next six months carrying out [...]
Make 2017 a year of celebration – not the suffocation of London’s Night Time Economy January 5, 2017 We live in interesting times. This term, actually a Chinese curse, reflects all the hope, possibility and opportunity of a period – as well as the worst that we can imagine from it. What has been “interesting” recently is the overwhelming cultural and political view that the British public is a nasty species that requires [...]
This Fidget Cube wants to make you more productive and less stressed while you’re at work September 9, 2016 We've all been stuck next to that one person who can't help but click their pen, constantly tap their notepad or otherwise fidget during a meeting or otherwise quiet working day. Or, maybe, that person is you. Whether you're a sufferer of other people's fidgeting or you know you're guilty of it, pro-fidgeters Mark and Matthew [...]
That bizarre Robert Dyas Christmas ad: What were they thinking? December 14, 2015 As we inch ever closer to Christmas Day, it seemed for a moment that the snow may have settled on this year’s seasonal advertising dust-up. However, Robert Dyas’ new festive spot just dropped, proving that it’s never too late to be the centre of attention – though not necessarily for the right reasons. Roundly ridiculed [...]
Football League fixtures 2016/17: All the key dates for London including Brentford, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, AFC Wimbledon, Charlton, Millwall, Barnet, Leyton Orient June 22, 2016 Fulham will play host to the first game of the new football season, when relegated Newcastle United visit Craven Cottage on Friday 5 August. West London rivals Brentford will kick their season off at Huddersfield a day later before Fulham round-off the capital's opening weekend of Football League fixtures when they take on Leeds United at Loftus Road on Sunday [...]
John Lewis Christmas advert 2015: Everything you need to know about Man on the Moon, including when it will air online and on TV, who sings the cover song and what it’s all about November 6, 2015 Good news, Christmas fans – the wait is nearly over. No, not for the big day itself, but for the official start of the season that comes with the launch of John Lewis' Christmas ad. The embargo for the video lifts at 8am today, but before that the department store is allowing a drip feed [...]
Amazon is going on a pre-Christmas hiring spree as it gears up for another bumper festive period July 6, 2016 Amazon, the US online retailer that has been ruffling feathers with its aggressive expansion plans, is upping its UK staff head count by a further 1,000 this year. It today announced plans to add 1,000 permanent jobs across the UK, on top of 2,500 permanent roles previously announced in January. The latest increase means it will [...]
Here are the very best quotes from Mike Ashley’s appearance at the business select committee June 7, 2016 Mike Ashley put in an explosive performance appearing in front of MPs today to defend the working practices at Sports Direct. The Twittersphere went wild as Ashley not once, but twice, denied that he is Father Christmas. But what else did Ashley, who only rarely puts in media appearances, say? Here are some of the very [...]