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The latest tech to help you stay cool in the heat

July 16, 2022

Don’t suffer in silence – take the initiative in the battle against sunshine with these tech products to keep you cool even when temperatures soar up to 40 Celsius, like they might do next week. Dyson Cool Tower Cooling Fan Once known as the king of vacuum cleaners, Dyson has branched out to be the [...]
McEnroe film review: Reveals fragility beneath tennis star’s bravado

July 16, 2022

Wimbledon may have finished, but here’s an opportunity to get into the mind of one of its most famous champions. This documentary by Barney Douglas (2019 cricket documentary The Edge) features the American legend as well as family, friends, and rivals talking about his unique rise to stardom, his famous temperament, and what drove his [...]
The Railway Children Return review: A weary reboot

July 16, 2022

Like ET, The Wizard of Oz and The Great Escape, The Railway Children -the 1970 original which spawned reboot The Railway Children Return – is a movie most of us have absorbed at some point, probably during Christmas or a bank holiday. The 1970 movie is one of the beloved British movies of all time, [...]
Expert Opinion: Lyle’s James Lowe on where to go in London

July 15, 2022

James Lowe opened Lyle’s in Shoreditch with John Ogier, with a mission to showcase British ingredients. Lyle’s won a Michelin star 18 months after opening and was ranked among The World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2018. St JohnThis was one of the first restaurant experiences that made me want to learn to cook and open [...]
Ollie Phillips: Home nations within reach of rugby history

July 15, 2022

Let’s be frank: the quality of rugby we have seen across this month of internationals hasn’t always been high – it’s been stop-start, mismatched and controversial at times – but it has been competitive. Heading into the final round of their Test series, Ireland are level with New Zealand, Scotland are equal with Argentina, England [...]
British Athletics on mission to buck trend of mediocre Championships

July 14, 2022

Just once has the Great Britain and Northern Ireland athletics team left a World Championships with medals tallying into double figures – at Stuttgart in 1993 – and there’s little hope of a repeat at this year’s edition, which gets underway in Eugene, Oregon, tomorrow evening. Of course there is medal hope – notably in [...]
Anything Goes at Barbican review: All aboard! This is a five-star musical thrillride

July 14, 2022

Anything Goes achieves a rare kind of alchemy by succeeding at everything it turns its hand to. It’s a sterling effort in song, dance, staging, acting and storytelling, and it keeps the pace throughout. Tonally, it tightropes between farce and sentimentality deftly. The romance doesn’t veer toward schmaltzy, the comedy never towards cringe. This will [...]
Sky Sports pays more than £880m to extend broadcast deal with England cricket chiefs

July 14, 2022

Sky Sports has agreed a four-year extension to its current deal as the main broadcast partner of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The ECB said the agreement, which runs from 2025 to 2028 and covers men’s and women’s internationals, The Hundred and the Vitality Blast, would see Sky show more cricket than ever [...]
We tried The new Flora terrace outside the Sofitel Hotel in St James

July 14, 2022

Summer is the perfect time to embrace European style café culture. Sitting at little tables on sunny pavements, sipping a glass of wine and watching the world go by is such a civilised way to while away a couple of hours. The new Flora terrace is directly outside the Sofitel Hotel in St James, allowing [...]