Omega Speedmaster makes a giant leap back December 23, 2024 Omega didn’t know it at the time, but one of NASA’s earliest astronauts, Walter M. ‘Wally’ Schirra had taken a shine to Biel/Bienne’s pre-eminent watchmaker. Specifically, its relatively new entry to the post-war boom in mechanical stopwatch wristwatches, or ‘chronographs’, the Speedmaster. Long before its qualification as the American space agency’s standard-issue timepiece for the [...]
Reflecting on Saltburn a year later with Sadie Soverall: ‘We shot so much more!’ December 23, 2024 As Saltburn celebrates its first anniversary, we reflect on the film’s success with Sadie Soverall, the only actor to have romantic scenes with Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan It has been almost exactly a year ago since Saltburn blew a hole in TikTok – and our sartorial perspectives – to become the most talked-about film [...]
Our film editor’s 15 best movies of 2024, from Dune to Poor Things December 21, 2024 It’s been a hugely significant year for the movies: Hollywood got back to work after the 2023 strikes, the superhero genre continued to nosedive and nostalgic sequels were all the rage. As the year wraps up, Morning Wire Film Editor Victoria Luxford picks her 15 best movies of the year. The Holdovers (January) Destined to [...]
The James Earl Jones tribute is the only good bit in Mufasa: Lion King December 20, 2024 There’s no creative explanation as to why we are getting a follow-up to 2019’s remake of The Lion King. But John Favreau’s reinterpretation of the 1994 classic made over $1billion five years ago, making another film a certainty. Mufasa: Lion King hits cinemas in time for Christmas. Positioned as both a prequel and sequel, the [...]
Behind the Scenes with Lisa O’Rahilly: Ten Trinity Square’s General Manager December 19, 2024 | Sponsored Q: To start, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you ended up at Ten Trinity Square Members Club?Lisa: “The short version! I’m Irish, and I’ve spent over 25 years globe-trotting with Four Seasons, calling three continents home—Australia, the US, Europe—and even spending a few adventurous months in Russia. I [...]
The Capitalist: Bunking off work and rationing at Christmas time December 19, 2024 Not turning up for work, an end to bonuses and mindfulness goes out the window: it’s the Christmas edition of The Capitalist Bunking off? That’s the festive spirit As the days and hours creep encouragingly towards that great long stretch of dead time we call Christmas, the topic of skiving off from work has become [...]
Paul McCartney tour review: a raw and relatable five-star triumph December 19, 2024 Paul McCartney tour at the 02 review:★★★★★ There is a cognitive dissonance between Paul McCartney the 82-year-old and The Beatles. Anyone vaguely young surely struggles, as I do, to be understand that this funky grandad is the same flesh and bones as that young man who strutted across Abbey Road (‘Paul is Dead’ conspiracy theories [...]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof review: Daisy Edgar-Jones in Tennessee Williams misfire December 18, 2024 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof review and star rating: ★★ Rebecca Frecknall is hoping for a third strike of luck with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, her third Tennessee Williams production at the Almeida following the buzzy Streetcar Named Desire with hot-boy-of-the-moment Paul Mescal, and 2019’s Summer and Smoke. The Gladiator II actor [...]
Inside London’s secret journalistic dining club December 17, 2024 Libby Brodie joins journalist Adam Hay-Nicholls at his London dining club – and had some very good wine This is the column that nearly didn’t happen. I often take wines with me when I travel and had packed a bottle of Mauricio Lorca Gran Reserva Malbec 2022 in my suitcase for a trip to the [...]
Wine Without The Snobbery December 17, 2024 THE festive season is expensive, but your wine can still deliver deliciousness without curtailing your Christmas spirit – it is simply a case of knowing where to look to find those affordable gems. Celebration means sparkling, but buying Champagne can be a little like paying for a Tiffany’s diamond, there is a cost tied up [...]