Loris Karius: Football’s forgotten man set for second chance with Newcastle United in Carabao Cup final, five years on from his Champions League nightmare February 25, 2023 Five years on from his Champions League horror show, Loris Karius has the chance to resurrect a once promising career and help end Newcastle United’s trophy drought in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday. In an age of wall-to-wall coverage of football from the Champions League right down to the [...]
Boris Johnson ‘prophesises’ mass return of office working at CBI conference November 22, 2021 Boris Johnson has “prophesised” a mass return of workers to city centres and office blocks, saying that there are “sound evolutionary reasons why mother nature does not like working from home”. Johnson said – in a bizarre speech that referenced Pippa Pig World and saw the Prime Minister lose his place for 20 seconds – [...]
Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre, review: Pop Shakespeare at its finest July 19, 2022 Much Ado About Nothing is Shakespeare for people who don’t like Shakespeare. Alongside A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it’s one of the Bard’s funniest and least demanding offerings, which has given rise to a degree of snobbishness about it. Kenneth Branagh’s 90s version, in which he plays a brilliant Benedict, is a landmark modern edition of [...]
Cameron Norrie within reach of first US Open quarter-final September 5, 2022 British No1 Cameron Norrie may be featuring in the fourth round of the US Open for the first time today, but it’s not unreasonable to suggest that he could find himself in the quarter-finals come tonight’s close of play. The 27-year-old Brit faces Russia’s Andrey Rublev this evening on the Louis Armstrong court for a [...]
Letters: Workforce for the future January 28, 2022 [Re: Andy Haldane comments on re-skilling the workforce, yesterday] Andy Haldane, head of the levelling up task force, said yesterday that the government must invest in a huge program of re-skilling the workforce. In the UK at the moment, vacancies are at a record high. At the same time, we see great swathes of graduates [...]
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy review: Vital, frenetic storytelling April 12, 2022 Ryan Calais Cameron’s urgent new play is a worthy bedfellow to the seminal theatre show which inspired its name, 1970s breakthrough piece For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. It features seven men on stage in a set up that’s something like a group therapy session, with the men [...]
Fear has pushed us back to cash as banks fail to help consumers control spending August 10, 2022 We’ve come to believe we live in an almost completely cashless society today. In fact, withdrawing large amounts of cash from your bank is viewed with suspicion – victim of fraud or tax evasion? What other possible reason could you have for cash? Even Big Issue sellers now have Square readers to accommodate this shift. [...]
Crystal Palace defender named in top five most valuable European breakthrough prospects April 11, 2022 Crystal Palace and England defender Marc Guehi has placed fifth in a list of the most valuable young footballers. The CIES Football Observatory listed the top 50 players to have made their debut this season in one of Europe’s top five leagues before turning 23. Ex-Chelsea centre back Guehi has an estimated transfer value of [...]
Facebook, TikTok and fake news play key role in Kenyan elections: Millions to vote today after ugly online campaigns August 9, 2022 NAIROBI – Politicians and political parties across Kenya have spent tens of millions on social media campaigns in recent weeks in a last effort to win over voters, as the East African country is going to the polls today. Alongside hundreds of genuine statements and ads, fake and false online claims play a key role [...]
Over 60 per cent of Premier League contracts open to abuse, research suggests August 8, 2022 Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs believes that a “significant number” of Premier League football clubs and players are underpaying tax, new analysis from law firm Pinsent Masons will reveal today. Pinsent Masons says that 64 per cent of Premier League footballers’ contracts now take a form which HMRC says is open to abuse. This follows [...]