Peterloo film review: Mike Leigh’s best since Secrets & Lies is a stunning piece of filmmaking November 2, 2018 First, a history lesson: on August 16th 1819, at a pro-democracy demonstration in Manchester, a skittish militia charged with keeping the peace rampaged with sabres drawn into a crowd of some 70,000 unarmed people, killing 15 and injuring hundreds. Though the crowd’s central demand – equal votes for all men – went unmet, Peterloo was [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Geordie can be Sodexo Champ for bang in form Curtis stable November 1, 2018 NATIONAL Hunt trainers must be tearing their hair out at the moment. Last season all it did was rain, now they would give anything for a downpour or four. The majority of jump horses need a little dig in the ground, yet Wetherby have had to water all week just to maintain the surface as [...]
Pret A Manger agrees payout with US staff who claim they were short changed October 28, 2018 Pret A Manger will pay almost $1m (£779,000) to US workers who claim they were underpaid while working for the company. The sandwich chain has been accused of rounding down the hours that staff at its New York outlets were reimbursed for. It is the second time the UK-based firm has been hit by accusations [...]
Sony Xperia XZ3 review: The new flagship’s 6-inch QHD OLED display is spectacular to behold October 26, 2018 Think of Sony and you think of three things. The iconic “bwoarrrr” sound that PlayStations used to make when you switched them on, that weird little robot dog that would die if you didn’t feed it a constant supply of batteries, and the best televisions in the world. That it’s taken Sony this long to [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Excellent jumper Martre set for Big things this season October 25, 2018 TODAY is the day National Hunt enthusiasts have been waiting for since April, Cheltenham’s first fixture of the new season. The two-day Showcase meeting has become increasingly popular in recent years, with a nice spread of competitive handicaps and decent novice events. This afternoon’s action looks very competitive, so I’m going to focus on tomorrow’s [...]
The Inheritance at the Noel Coward Theatre: A virtuoso piece of theatre that ranks among the modern greats October 23, 2018 Until 19 Jan The Inheritance, set in New York’s gay community a generation on from the Aids epidemic, draws natural, inevitable comparisons to Angels in America. And while Matthew Lopez’s two-part, seven-hour epic is certainly worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as that superlative play, to think of it as merely a kind-of [...]
Morrisons loses ruling on data breach challenge as compensation looms October 22, 2018 Supermarket giant Morrisons faces a mass payout to staff after losing a major court case over a data leak this afternoon, in a ruling which could have implications for all UK businesses. The Bradford-based chain lost its appeal against a High Court ruling that it is legally liable for a former employee leaking personal information [...]
Pixel 3 review: Google’s flagship returns with an improved camera, better software, and the notch to end all notches October 17, 2018 In the 1995 film Casper, there existed a machine that could give ghosts corporeal form, turning them from translucent, intangible spectres into real, physical beings. In much the same way, Google’s range of Pixel phones gives the company’s far-reaching software a hard, phone-shaped body in which to exist. To put it in even more 90s [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Baritone looks pitch perfect in Old Rowley October 11, 2018 NEWMARKET’S two-day Dubai Future Champions Festival is a precursor to next week’s QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot. The juveniles are the stars of the show, but for most punters the big betting race of the day is the valuable Old Rowley Cup (4.10pm). This 1m4f handicap for three-year-olds is an interesting race, particularly with [...]
Sail GP: Larry Ellison and Sir Russell Coutts attempt to sell sailing to the masses October 8, 2018 Sailing is a difficult sport for the spectator. By its very nature the action happens out on the water, away from the eyes and ears of those attempting to enjoy it. Last week a new $1m competition was launched which attempts to address that problem and in the process “redefine sailing”. Spearheaded by American tech [...]