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Jerry Springer dead: London born legendary talk show host dead at 79

April 27, 2023

Jerry Springer has died aged 79. The London-born American talk show host became famous in the 1990s for his eponymous talk show where families would go in front of a studio audience to discuss their issues live. Springer would end each show with an inspirational word of wisdom about how we live our lives. The [...]
Keely Hodgkinson to make London Stadium track and field debut

April 27, 2023

British superstar Keely Hodgkinson will make her debut at the London Stadium this year in track and field’s Diamond League leg in the capital in July. Hodgkinson has never competed in the stadium that was built for the London 2012 Olympics and will be looking to build on her recent indoor and outdoor medals. Hodgkinson [...]
How to blow up a Pipeline review: Vital but underdeveloped climate drama

April 27, 2023

Headlines about how doomed we all are due to climate change have sadly started to have less of an impact, as we all get more fatigued by the endless bad news. Thankfully, creatives have been trying to make the same points in different ways. Netflix satire Don’t Look Up imagined the life of a beleaguered [...]
I tried living like the King ahead of the Coronation – was it worth it?

April 27, 2023

St James’s tailors dress King Charles. Ahead of the Coronation, our man Adam Bloodworth went to find out whether living like a King is all it’s cracked up to be Rumour has it that princes William and Harry used to go to St James’s barbers Truefitt & Hill for their haircuts. They were taken there [...]
Jack Daniel’s and McLaren combine for limited edition whiskey bottle

April 27, 2023

Formula 1 team McLaren and alcohol brand Jack Daniel’s have produced a limited edition whiskey bottle. The struggling F1 outfit – who current hold just 12 points in the 2023 constructor standings – are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. Louise McEwen, executive director, brand & marketing, McLaren Racing, said: “We are thrilled to launch [...]
Dixon and Daughters at National Theatre: A harrowing tale of abuse

April 27, 2023

It’s easy to get sniffy about soap operas but there’s an undeniable value to those nightly instalments of drama that shine a powerful light on the minutia of modern life. Dixon and Daughters, a new play by Deborah Bruce, brings to mind the very best of soap opera, from its domestic setting to the complex [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: Spencer and Furbank for England recalls?

April 27, 2023 | Sponsored

In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City PM has put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to look at whose form is hot and not in the race to be part of the tournament in France later this year. Rugby player of the week Having made his England debut [...]
Interview: Formula 1 team Aston Martin optimistic of Baku podium

April 27, 2023

Formula 1, of late, has been a dominance sport, but Aston Martin have forced themselves into the mix and don’t plan on giving up the fight anytime soon. Since Jenson Button’s win for Brawn in 2009, every World Championship has been won by a driver from either Red Bull or Mercedes. Their duopoly has been [...]
Ed Warner: Sport England data shows activity is falling. We need to make it easier

April 27, 2023

As Sport England’s latest Active Lives survey shows that we are exercising less, Ed Warner argues that we need to make participation easier. An elite athlete cadges a lift to skip a couple of kilometres of an ultra race. Tough Mudder turns Finsbury Park into a swamp and is barred from using the venue next [...]
Isaac Julien show at Tate Britain is like a punch from a velvet glove

April 27, 2023

When the Tate Modern’s new wing opened in 2016 it promised to usher in a new era in which performance and video would be given equal billing to paint on canvas. Aside from 2018’s blockbuster Steve McQueen show, this brave new world hasn’t quite materialised, and it seems telling that the biggest, most exciting video [...]