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Art After Dark: curator and broadcaster Kate Bryan visits the newly refurbished National Portrait Gallery
“We’re meant to reflect Britain as it is, and obviously, if your collection only represents a fraction of Britain, then that’s a problem,” the gallery’s director Nicholas Cullinan told the Standard. “We serve Britain, we’re funded in part by the British people, and we also serve an international audience; it’sContinue Reading
Jon Rahm eyeing up next event away from LIV Golf after being banned by PGA Tour
Jon Rahm could still play on the DP World Tour next month despite his defection to LIV Golf. Rahm has been suspended by the PGA Tour from their events for his “association with a series of unauthorised tournaments” after signing his £450m deal with LIV. However the DP World TourContinue Reading
Maria Sharapova shares reason friend Lewis Hamilton has ‘so much energy drained’
Tennis legend Maria Sharapova has expressed her amazement that F1 drivers are able to function and perform at such a high level in the face of their considerable sponsor and media duties. The 36-year-old experienced the pressures facing the grid after following close friend Lewis Hamilton during the Miami GrandContinue Reading
Can Stranger Things replicate Harry Potter and save the West End?
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Is it a musical?” was Kate Trefry’s first thought when Matt and Ross Duffer, the sibling duo behind the Netflix horror hit, Stranger Things, asked her to writeContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia could be about to take majority control of Heathrow Airport
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Saudi-backed asset management firm Ardian have signed a £2.4bn deal for the Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial’s 25 per cent stake in the airport. One other shareholder is now close to selling, with more likely to follow suit, according to a report inContinue Reading
Wage growth cools slightly but Bank of England expected to hold interest rate
Annual wages grew 7.3 per cent in the three months to the end of October, a slight fall on the month before and a figure which will give the Bank of England more freedom to hold interest rates later this week. The readout is slightly lower than consensus of 7.4Continue Reading
UK mortgage lending predicted to fall in 2024
UK lending for house purchases will fall by 8% in 2024, a trade association representing banks is predicting. In a report, UK Finance said higher interest rates and household costs would make it harder for people to access mortgage credit, which is based on affordability. It predicted this trend wouldContinue Reading
Liverpool and Spurs suffer transfer blow as ‘club-record deal being offered’
Liverpool and Tottenham target Lloyd Kelly is reportedly set to be offered a new club record-breaking contract by AFC Bournemouth to fend off transfer interest. Europe’s biggest clubs have been circling Kelly, whose current deal expires at the end of the season. The 25-year-old is able to sign a pre-contractContinue Reading
Government only pursuing two per cent of Covid fraud tip-offs
Just two per cent of Covid fraud tip-offs are being investigated, the government has admitted. Around 98 per cent of claims phoned into the government’s coronavirus fraud hotline are not being actively pursued, ministers have said. A total of 5124 calls were made to the hotline during its existence –Continue Reading
COP28 draft agreement removes phasing out of fossil fuels
The phasing out of fossil fuels has been dropped from the UN’s COP28 climate summit draft agreement. The text, which has to be agreed between 197 countries, states a global effort is needed to “enhance efforts towards substitution of unabated fossil fuels.” This in addition to “reducing both consumption andContinue Reading