McLaren 570GT Sport Pack car review: How does the supercar from Woking compare against its competitors? | City A.M. July 23, 2018 Did you doubt McLaren could make a success in the supercar big league? We admit we thought the company from Woking probably wouldn’t make the cut. Since its roadgoing F1 gained almost mythical status since its launch some 25 years ago, but it’s easy to overlook the fact that McLaren only planned to build 100 [...]
England’s narrow defeat by New Zealand shows Eddie Jones’s side have turned around poor year November 11, 2018 England may have lost Saturday’s match against New Zealand, but the fact the majority of the 82,149 people left Twickenham disappointed shows just how much Eddie Jones has turned things around. Ahead of the autumn internationals the prevailing mood was more pessimistic than optimistic. England had endured a difficult 2018, failing in the Six Nations [...]
US President Donald Trump hails ‘talented’ Boris Johnson as future Prime Minister ahead of summit | City A.M. July 13, 2018 Donald Trump has heaped praise on Boris Johnson, calling the former foreign secretary “a very talented guy” who would “make a great Prime Minister”. In one of several headline-grabbing comments made to The Sun shortly after his arrival to the UK yesterday, the President said in an interview that Johnson has “got what it takes” [...]
Bret Easton Ellis interview: an audience with the most hated writer in America June 17, 2019 Bret Easton Ellis is concerned about the noise. We’re sitting in the lounge of a fancy hotel, and he’s worried my tape recorder won’t pick him up. “We can find another if you’d like. Tell me what you want to do.” It’s hard to reconcile his graciousness with his reputation as the one-time enfant terrible [...]
Venezuela is a brutal lesson to the UK’s socialist apologists November 28, 2018 I know it is very hard to believe, but at some point we shall stop talking about Brexit. We shall get back to discussing what we can do to improve our lives and those of others. And we shall look for inspiration from other countries to learn lessons from catastrophic failures or discover truly amazing [...]
Chris Tremlett: Sri Lanka series win heightens England’s healthy selection headache ahead of the World Cup October 24, 2018 The subcontinent is a difficult place to go and win matches, regardless of the opposition, so England will be delighted with their 3-1 one-day international series victory over Sri Lanka. Monsoon season hasn’t helped, but in between the showers England have put in some really good performances. They lost the final ODI by a record [...]
Forget ‘just deserts’ and keep your nose out of other people’s pay November 27, 2018 Two decades ago, it was considered rude and crass in Britain to openly discuss wages and salaries. Now, everyone seems to have an opinion on how much others should earn. There has always the been broad lament about footballers’ wages being “ridiculous”, of course, or that nurses and teachers were “undervalued”. And after the financial [...]
Executive pay is undermining the public’s faith in capitalism November 26, 2018 Question: what connects the leader of a York-based housebuilder with a car executive in Tokyo? Answer: both have recently been embroiled in scandals over top pay. Carlos Ghosn, chairman of Nissan, is under criminal investigation in Japan for under-reporting his remuneration to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and misusing company assets. Nissan removed him from post [...]
Founder syndrome: Are you suffering? October 5, 2018 When you start a new business, there is an expectation that your leadership will be marked by certain qualities – purpose, authenticity, and a lack of hierarchy. In the modern era, those leading tens of thousands of people, in businesses that were founded decades ago are now expected to display those same qualities. In a [...]
Banks should watch out – the fintech era has barely begun November 20, 2018 The fintech sector makes a lot of noise in London. There’s an endless stream of news about open banking and challenger banks, while the traditional finance sector watches on with a mixture of admiration and suspicion. Banks have come under attack, not only from the hype-machine, but more meaningfully from startups. Traditional finance providers that assumed [...]