The NHS must look outwards if it’s to become the envy of the world August 23, 2012 THE coalition has identified the NHS as the UK’s next big export. We have some form here: internationally renowned brands like the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond Street have foreign campuses in the Middle East – with similar tie-ins to some of our leading universities. And this outward-looking approach [...]
Spain boss Del Bosque: Playing Fabregas up front was no mistake June 10, 2012 SPAIN (1) vs ITALY (1) SPANISH coach Vicente del Bosque last night stuck up for his eyebrow-raising decision to name a starting line-up without a recognised centre forward after his team narrowly avoided defeat to Italy during their opening game of the European Championship. The defending champions grabbed a second half equaliser through Barcelona’s Cesc [...]
History making Spain reign once again in the Ukraine July 1, 2012 SPAIN (4) vs ITALY (0) SPAIN manager Vicente del Bosque last night lauded his players’ historical feat after La Roja became the first team to win three successive major international tournaments with a masterful European Championship final victory over Italy. First-half goals from David Silva and Jordi Alba were the product of Spain’s near-complete control [...]
The who’s who of the fashion world flooded to London Collections. June 20, 2012 It might have been Benedict Cumberbatch sipping brandy as he sauntered down the catwalk. Or a triumphant Richard James celebrating his debut catwalk show. Maybe it was the sight of Jon Hamm posing with a cocktail at the Mr Porter party as Alexa Chung rocked the decks behind him. There are plenty of contenders for [...]
Facebook unveils Nasdaq listing ahead of IPO as revenues slide April 23, 2012 FACEBOOK last night revealed it will list on the tech-favourite Nasdaq stock exchange when it floats next month in the year’s most anticipated IPO. But in the same SEC filing the social network reported its first quarter-on-quarter earnings slide in at least two years as its revenues fell 6.5 per cent and profits dropped 32 per cent [...]
Holy smoke! The Dark Knight Rises rocks July 19, 2012 FILM THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Cert 12A | By Steve Dinneen ***** UNLESS you’ve lived in a cupboard for the last six months, it won’t have escaped you that there is a new Batman movie. Even if you have, you’ll probably have heard about it anyway. You’ll have seen a trailer through the little crack [...]
Federer the next hurdle for Djokovic after epic victory June 5, 2012 WORLD No1 Novak Djokovic is set for a mouth-watering semi-final French Open clash with Roger Federer after both players fought back to secure epic quarter final wins. A battling Djokovic survived four match points last night to emerge victorious from a five set struggle against the local favourite and fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Serbian’s [...]
Tim Cook visits China to discuss Apple growth March 27, 2012 APPLE chief executive Tim Cook has met with government officials in Beijing after a turbulent few months for the iPad maker’s Chinese operations. The Cupertino-based company declined to elaborate on details of the visit, which is Cook’s first trip to China since becoming chief executive, but hinted it was looking at expansion in the country. [...]
Built for comfort as well as speed May 22, 2012 SO I’m supposed to entice you to keep reading this column until the end. But I’m just going to come right out and say it. The new BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe is very, very good. Surprisingly so. I couldn’t have predicted it. It may even be my ideal car. You see? Finished. You can [...]
Built for comfort as well as speed May 22, 2012 SO I’m supposed to entice you to keep reading this column until the end. But I’m just going to come right out and say it. The new BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe is very, very good. Surprisingly so. I couldn’t have predicted it. It may even be my ideal car. You see? Finished. You can [...]