Rugby stadiums of the future: Suites with dressing room views, ghost replays and birds-eye view seats June 9, 2017 With the northern hemisphere season having ended and the summer and Lions tours kicking off, rugby is front and centre of sports fans’ minds. As we tune in or turn up to watch the stars of the game perform across Argentina, Australia, Japan and, of course, New Zealand, we will see stadia that represent all [...]
What I’m reading: Getty Images co-founder and Like Wildfire Blazing author Mark Getty on his favourite books and the advice he’d give aspiring writers | City A.M. June 25, 2018 City A.M. spoke to Irish businessman, Getty Images co-founder and author Mark Getty about what he’s reading, the books that changed his life and the inspiration for his novel. What book are you currently reading? The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. What was the last book you read? Modernists and Mavericks by Martin Gayford. [...]
Editor’s notes: A Cornish hero on 9/11, vegans up the creek with no Padella, and policy is for the many, not the pew September 14, 2018 Everyone remembers where they were when they heard about the 9/11 attacks. For many City workers, the event remains a trauma. Michael Spencer, who had hundreds of staff in the World Trade Center, still turns pale when recalling how he sat in London, watching the news footage, trying to get through on the phones. Remarkably, [...]
Editor’s notes: A Cornish hero on 9/11, vegans up the creek with no Padella, and policy is for the many, not the pew September 14, 2018 Everyone remembers where they were when they heard about the 9/11 attacks. For many City workers, the event remains a trauma. Michael Spencer, who had hundreds of staff in the World Trade Center, still turns pale when recalling how he sat in London, watching the news footage, trying to get through on the phones. Remarkably, [...]
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget contained tricks and treats for your personal finances October 31, 2018 The move of this year’s Autumn Budget to Monday this week rather than its traditional Wednesday slot was ostensibly to give MPs more time to debate the chancellor’s proposals before the House of Commons rises for recess on 6 November. But presumably Philip Hammond also hoped to avoid some Halloween-themed headlines, which he himself alluded to [...]
A bird’s eye view of the Elizabeth Line stations taking shape January 27, 2017 The Crossrail rail project has released a batch of new images to give us a bird's eye view of how the new Elizabeth Line stations are shaping up. There are 10 new stations being built across the capital and in the tunnels, over three-quarters of the permanent track has been laid. Simon Wright, Crossrail programme director, [...]
Inflatable unicorns and flamingoes are the hit of the summer sales, according to John Lewis’ data | City A.M. July 16, 2018 It appears the heat has gone to our heads. Is there no end to the kitsch tiki bars taking over terraces up and down the nation? Will we ever tire of parrots, flamingos and pineapples? Incredibly, kitsch is in this summer and we know that because of cold, hard data. Every week, John Lewis’ best [...]
Apple employees have been walking into doors at its fancy new HQ March 6, 2018 Watching birds fly into plate glass windows may be an occupational hazard for office workers, but at Apple’s new $5bn (£3.6bn) campus in Cupertino, the employees themselves are risking similar injuries. The San Francisco Chronicle has published a transcript of one of three 911 calls made in January after Apple employees walked into the massive, [...]
How Tampa went from forgotten fast food badland to supercool street food trailblazer September 3, 2018 On a Friday night in Seminole Heights, The Refinery restaurant is buzzing. Every seat is taken and diners spill onto the terrace, their tables heaving with colourful food. This isn’t what I expected to find in Tampa, a city that was once known as the best place to trial fast food franchises. “We opened in [...]
Corbyn walks out of anti-Semitism debate as Labour MPs Ruth Smeeth, Luciana Berger and John Mann recall abuse April 17, 2018 Labour MPs received standing ovations from their colleagues today after recalling personal stories of anti-Semitic abuse – but their leader was not in the Chamber to hear much of it. MPs including Ruth Smeeth, Luciana Berger and John Mann told the Commons about abuse including rape threats and warnings they would be deselected by far-left [...]