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The United Way is a timely doc on the Manchester football giant

May 5, 2021

Depending on your view, this is the best or worst time to release a documentary about Manchester United. It arrives days after fans invaded the Old Trafford pitch, demanding the removal of current owners The Glazer Family as the fallout from the European Super League fiasco continues. With the club in turmoil, it may not [...]
How video games could be the next frontier in the WFH revolution

May 5, 2021

By this time last year, most of us were already experiencing Zoom fatigue. A month of working remotely had taken its toll and the endless queue of video meetings seemed to exemplify the creeping malaise of this new way of working. Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s games division Xbox, soon came up with a novel [...]
Susie Wolff interview: Venturi Racing team principal on life aboard the Formula E rollercoaster and why the electric series is set for more growth

May 5, 2021

Formula E is designed to have more thrills and spills than other motorsport competitions, but Susie Wolff could be forgiven for wishing her introduction to it had been less bumpy. The former driver’s three years in the electric series has involved learning the ropes as a team principal at Venturi Racing, a change in ownership [...]
No away fans at Premier League games until next season after clubs decide to keep last two matches of the season for home supporters only

May 5, 2021

The final two rounds of the Premier League season will reopen to home fans only, organisers have confirmed. There had been speculation that a small number of away supporters would be permitted to attend games once lockdown is eased further on 17 May. But that has now been ruled out, with the Premier League citing [...]
European Super League: JP Morgan boss admits investment bank failed to grasp football fans’ passion

May 5, 2021

JP Morgan’s boss has admitted that the investment bank had failed to understand the passion of football fans when it agreed to finance the failed breakaway European Super League. Chief executive Jamie Dimon said the US banking giant had “kind of missed” the strength of feeling among football supporters before it agreed to fund around [...]
European Super League organisers claimed Bayern had caved in order to tempt PSG to table

May 4, 2021

European Super League organisers lied about which teams had joined the breakaway in a bid to get others to sign up, sources close to the talks have claimed. Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, last season’s Champions League finalists, were among the big clubs to refuse a spot in the scuppered project. But just hours before [...]
Leadenhall Market to become neon-soaked cinephiles’ dream

May 4, 2021

Leadenhall Market will this month swap its Victorian grandeur for in-your-face neon lights, transforming into a living art exhibition courtesy of God’s Own Junkyard. The neon artists at the famous Walthamstow-based studio will create Electric City, an “immersive technicolour production”, featuring highlights from its 40-year history making neons for cinema, including Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide [...]
Fidelio Cafe’s Raffaello Morales on the role of music in the City

May 4, 2021

I caught up with Raffaello Morales, conductor and founder of Fidelio Cafe and founder and music director of Fidelio Orchestra, a London-based ensemble which brings together students, professionals and semi-professional players. We talked about the role of music in Canada, how businesses can support the arts, and the importance of forging new [...]
Indian Premier League suspended after several players test positive for Covid-19

May 4, 2021

Cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL) has been suspended after a number of players fell victim to the country’s rising Covid-19 cases. Fixtures scheduled for Monday and Wednesday had already been called off as a result of players testing positive for the virus. Organisers said they had “unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate [...]
Sadiq Khan pledges to explore 2036 London Olympics bid if re-elected

May 3, 2021

Sadiq Khan has pledged to launch an “exploratory committee” to look at a potential 2036 or 2040 London Olympics bid if re-elected as London mayor on Thursday. Khan said this evening that if London was chosen to hold either of the games that he would want them to be “the most sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games [...]