Ed Warner: Challenge for women’s football is to create year-round interest July 14, 2022 Tournament organisers are learning to do right by women’s sport. But there’s a way to go yet. An Old Trafford sell-out for England’s opening match in the current Euros was widely and rightly applauded. Sticking Belgium and Iceland into the Academy Stadium at Manchester City’s Etihad Campus feels crass. We’ll never know how many might [...]
The Last Letter From Your Lover review is a waste of talent August 6, 2021 Two blockbuster heroes share top billing as Shailene Woodley (Divergent) and Felicity Jones (Star Wars: Rogue One) play two women in different times in literary adaptation The Last Letter From Your Lover. Jones plays Ellie, a journalist recovering from a break-up who views love with a degree of scepticism. This is shaken when she discovers [...]
Volkswagen Golf Estate Alltrack review: An SUV without the stigma December 27, 2021 In a world of SUVs, the four-wheel-drive Volkswagen Golf Estate Alltrack is a niche choice – but quite a compelling one. We drive it.
High street redundancies: Which retailers have cut jobs in the pandemic so far? February 13, 2021 Thousands of high street jobs have evaporated during the coronavirus pandemic, as retail chains have fallen under the pressure of lockdown restrictions on trading. The UK high street, which was already struggling before the pandemic, is set to look very different when shoppers return after lockdown following high profile collapses that have cost many retail [...]
England 1, Hungary 1: Southgate’s attacking experiment backfires October 12, 2021 England missed the chance to take a major step towards confirming their place at next year’s World Cup as a dogged Hungary held them to a draw at Wembley tonight. John Stones dragged the hosts level after they had fallen behind to Roland Sallai’s penalty, given for Luke Shaw’s dangerously high boot, but Gareth Southgate’s [...]
Boots posts drop in UK quarterly sales amid tough trading conditions June 27, 2019 The parent owner of Boots, Britain’s largest chain of chemists, has posted a drop in UK quarterly sales amid challenging high street conditions. Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) posted a 1.6 per cent drop in sales during the three months to the end of May, spurred on by a one per cent decline in its troubled [...]
The long weekend: the Lord Crewe Arms in Northumberland October 9, 2021 The weekend Really get away from it all by escaping to the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, an area so remote its star-studded skies have legendary status yet it’s still just an easy three-hour train ride from London. A weekend in wildly beautiful Northumberland offers a better city detox than any spa: think [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Wuyi to Star at Happy Valley April 7, 2021 IT WASN’T that long ago that talk about reigning champion jockey Zac Purton retaining his title was out of the question, with Joao Moreira ‘over the hill and faraway’. In the early weeks of February, Moreira had a decisive lead of 30 and was riding winners for fun, making the most of his partnerships with [...]
Hyundai Kona N review: Fun for the family December 13, 2021 The Hyundai Kona N is a compact SUV that brings track-honed excitement to the school-run. John Redfern gets behind the wheel.
Mark Carney, Exxon Mobil and the parable of purpose and turning a profit November 12, 2021 Gfanz, the inelegant rendering of the even less memorable Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, is Mark Carney’s climate change vehicle. Last week, the former Bank of England Governor declared that it had mobilised $130tn in pursuit of net zero. The figure is incredible. For context, it is more than six-times America’s GDP, and greater [...]