England’s top three batsmen still up in the air for this summer’s Ashes following inconclusive West Indies series February 13, 2019 Only one Test match now stands between England and the start of this summer’s Ashes. Despite having just spent the last three weeks playing that very format in the Caribbean, they are no closer to solving their perennial problem. The phrase “first name on the team sheet” is a common one in sport; right now [...]
Cricket highlights in 2018: Alastair Cook’s final century, James Anderson’s record-breaking wicket, Surrey’s impact and more December 19, 2018 It has been a year of highs for England’s Test side, with a legend bowing out, one carrying on and new stars emerging. Here are City A.M’s cricket highlights of 2018. Cook bows out on a high Alastair Cook had been a rock at the top of the England batting order for so long that [...]
Crypto: Unchained but regulated October 9, 2018 Crypto is the Millennials’ Rock’n’Roll” says Stephen Castell, ”and Dr Joseph Muscat, the Malta Prime Minister, has emerged as the world’s top crypto rocker, bravely positioning his beautiful sun-kissed sandstone island country, Chair of the Commonwealth, and President of the Council of the EU, as the leader in regulating Blockchain applications, ICOs, cryptocurrency trading and, [...]
The best snow in California can be found in South Lake Tahoe November 5, 2018 There are far worse problems to have than being stuck in California for a weekend. But if you find yourself hanging around the Golden State with some time to kill, then you can do worse than check the snow conditions in nearby Lake Tahoe. I found myself in such a predicament last January, and so [...]
EFL TV deal: Why Championship clubs are revolting against new £595m Sky broadcasting agreement November 21, 2018 There is a revolt brewing in the second tier of English football. Rather than being met with acclamation, the announcement on Monday that the EFL, which represents the three divisions below the Premier League, had signed a new record £595m, five-year broadcast deal with Sky Sports was greeted by anger from within. As an important [...]
TSB plunges to bottom of banking customer service poll following IT meltdown August 31, 2018 TSB has plummeted from 4th to 11th in a banking customer service poll following its recent IT disasters. Forty nine per cent of those who graded TSB’s service in the MoneySavingExpert.com poll rated it as “poor” with just 23 per cent describing its service as “great”. Read more: TSB forced to delay switch from Visa to [...]
Could magic mushrooms fix your brain? We try Europe’s first legal psychedelic therapy retreat July 24, 2019 Ten of us sit in a semicircle around a makeshift altar. In front of us lies a small statue of Buddha, various rocks and crystals, some pine cones, a carved mushroom, a small chemists’ weighing scale, and a wooden bowl filled with psychedelic ‘truffles’. We’re in a lodge on the outskirts of Amsterdam overlooking woodland [...]
Business owners launch last-ditch effort to force action against Royal Bank of Scotland GRG bankers August 29, 2018 Business owners who claim to have been mistreated by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are writing a new report on the bank’s alleged misconduct in a last-ditch effort to force regulators to take action against senior bankers. The group, SME Alliance, said its report will cover new evidence of events in RBS's global restructuring group [...]
RAF centenary flypast: The best spots to watch the planes go by in London and Essex July 10, 2018 Today the Royal Air Force (RAF) will be celebrating its 100th birthday with a 100-strong flypast from Ipswich, over Essex and culminating in a direct fly over of Buckingham Palace. We've compiled a list of the best places you can go to guarantee the best view of this once-in-a-lifetime show. Unless you've been living under [...]
Stress in the City: How the UK’s top law firms manage employee wellbeing November 26, 2018 The legal world has been rocked by the recent suicide of a US partner which has led to an examination of the high-stress, long-hours culture prevalent in elite law firms. The widow of Sidley Austin partner Gabe MacConaill, who killed himself last month, wrote a heartbreaking open letter in the American Lawyer magazine detailing the [...]