Automakers and the tech giants are battling over the future of the car industry March 5, 2019 More than 100 years after the petrol-powered car passed go for the first time – and despite worldwide sales at a record high in 2018 – stress fractures are starting to appear. Tesla is on track to outsell both BMW and Mercedes-Benz in the US, car sales in China are declining for the first time in [...]
Have yourself a very modern Christmas: How to keep things woke on the big day, from vegan-friendly to zero-carbon December 13, 2019 The cards may read “peace to all men” but Christmas is a time for bitter fights, tantrums and physical conflict, especially when it comes to lunch (or should that be “dinner”?). Most of all, it’s a day when people come together to vehemently disagree about food. Siblings will fly thousands of miles, cross land and [...]
Paul Farbrace’s badly-timed departure leaves England with more decisions to make in crucial year February 17, 2019 “There is never a great time to leave an international set-up,” said Paul Farbrace on Saturday after announcing his decision to depart his role as England’s assistant coach to join Warwickshire as sporting director. Farbrace is right, but his timing, ahead of what he calls “a fantastic summer for English cricket”, is particularly inconvenient with [...]
Netflix shares slide as it misses revenue estimates despite profits bump January 17, 2019 Shares in Netflix fell as much as five per cent in after-hours trading last night, after the streaming giant missed analyst estimates on revenue and paid subscriber growth. Netflix reported $4.19bn in revenue for the three months to the end of December last year, narrowly missing the $4.21bn predicted by consensus estimates, as collated by S&P [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Champion Purton can double up on Star Of Joy and Blitzing November 27, 2018 WHEN current leading Hong Kong trainer Tony Cruz and champion jockey Zac Purton team up it’s always worth noting. The partnership has only combined eight times this season, but it boasts an impressive two wins and two seconds. Normally Karis Teetan is aboard the majority of Cruz’s runners, but with the Mauritian having to take [...]
Assange: The Fugitive in Custody April 11, 2019 The decision by the Ecuadorian government to end Julian Assange’s diplomatic immunity and the Australian’s arrest by the Metropolitan Police is not the end of the WikiLeaks saga – but it certainly seems to be the beginning of the end for the man himself. Assange faces a charge of skipping bail, but his extradition for [...]
F1 video game-maker Codemasters accelerates towards full-year targets October 8, 2018 Recently listed gaming firm Codemasters today told investors it was on track to meet its full-year targets as it made £39.7m in revenue in the six months to 30 September 2018. The maker of the official F1 video games said digital sales as a proportion of its revenue rose to 53 per cent, amounting to [...]
Trek across the ice fields of Finland on a Northern Lights tour June 24, 2019 The fire fox runs at such great speed across the sky that sparks fly from his tail, streaking bright colours across the heavens. If you check out the Mozilla search engine logo, you will note how he wraps himself around the globe; but to see the fire fox’s resplendent light show in all its glory [...]
The Merry Wives of Windsor review: The RSC’s bubbly production at the Barbican is Shakespeare for the TOWIE generation December 17, 2018 If you don’t think Shakespeare comedies are, well, a laugh, then this version of The Merry Wives of Windsor is for you. Derided by critics as the time Shakespeare phoned it in, this production by the Royal Shakespeare Company takes those toffee noses and rubs them in smut. And it’s delicious. It begins with a [...]
Interiors: Discover the hot decor trend for AW18, the Night Garden, a darker take on florals and prints September 24, 2018 This autumn, the decorating trend that’s really caught fire is dark, exotic, sensual, tactile, moody and seriously sophisticated. Full-on and fantastical, “the Night Garden” aesthetic melds two global interiors trends – prints and botanicals – and pushes them into the shadows. And by that, we mean inky blues, deep moss greens and, yes, definitely black. [...]