The Boat Race: Chanel-backed Thames regatta gets season underway Sport The central London stroke rate was on the rise this week as the 2025 Boat Race season got underway with the Presidents’ Challenge at Somerset House. The challenge, issued on behalf of the men’s and women’s crews that lost in the previous edition, renewed the rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge Universities. It comes a month [...]
Chanel dips oar into sport as Boat Race sponsor Sport Business Fashion giant Chanel has ventured into sport sponsorship for the first time after agreeing to become the headline partner of The Boat Race. The annual Thames regatta between Oxford and Cambridge Universities will be known as The Chanel J12 Boat Race after the luxury brand, privately owned by Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, signed a long-term [...]
The City’s first Pepys Day commemorates a great Londoner and a resilient capital Opinion Samuel Pepys fundamentally shaped how we think about the City, let's celebrate him this Pepys day, writes Lord Mayor Michael Mainelli.
Stay away from dolphin spotted in River Thames, people urged August 3, 2024 A dolphin has been spotted in the River Thames near London’s Putney Bridge - and an appeal has been made for people to stay away if they see it.
A Parisian protest to poo in the Seine isn’t just a joke – it’s political June 26, 2024 People are willing to defecate in the river Seine. It speaks to the political malaise that is polluting France, writes Lucy Kenningham
The Notebook: Macron’s Olympian swim is good PR, but the water crisis needs serious attention April 29, 2024 Kate Elliot, head of sustainable research at Greenbank Investments, takes the Notebook pen to tell us why the water crisis is so urgent.
Sadiq Khan vows to take on Thames Water and make London’s rivers ‘swimmable’ by 2034 April 20, 2024 Sadiq Khan says he wants to make London’s rivers “swimmable within ten years” in the face of the sewage scandal.