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Curzon Home Cinema: vivid selection of films to rent online
- Film
- April 4, 2020, 05:00
In 2017 the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) quite rightly recognised Curzon with an award for outstanding British contribution to (...)

Remembering the great Johan Cruyff four years on
- Soccer
- March 24, 2020, 08:35
On March 24th, 2016, world football lost one of its richest talents. Johan Cruyff stepped out of Pele’s shadow to assume greatness during the early 1(...)

Tired, worn Old Trafford a symbol of United’s faded grandeur
- English Soccer
- December 12, 2019, 20:37
Old Trafford is one of football’s most vibrant amphitheatres. During the 109-year history of Manchester United’s home, Billy Meredith, George Best, Di(...)

The best 50 films of 2019: Odd, rich, startlingly varied. And brilliant
- Film
- December 8, 2019, 06:00
Oh look, it’s that person again. “I haven’t been to the cinema for years as there’s never anything good on.” “Really? Did you not enjoy Marriage Story(...)

Pavarotti documentary: Needless to say, Bono turns up
- Film
- July 15, 2019, 05:00
Eight Days a Week, Ron Howard’s recent documentary on the Beatles, somehow found an under-explored angle on that much eulogised band: their power as l(...)

The 10 best films of 2019 so far
- Film
- June 24, 2019
It’s the time of year when we invite people to say: “Was that this year? It seems like ages since that came out.” There will be a little less of that(...)

Scorsese’s Bob Dylan doc tangles up the truth with style
- Culture
- June 22, 2019, 05:00
It’s a bit early for Oscar predictions. I can nonetheless confirm that Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (that really is the(...)

Ken Early: What if Maradona had been more like Messi?
- International
- June 17, 2019, 00:00
On Saturday night Argentina began their Copa America campaign by losing 2-0 to Colombia. They have picked up where they left off at the World Cup – a (...)

‘Worse than Ronaldo’s’: fans mock George Best statue in Belfast
- Soccer
- May 23, 2019, 20:40
From Cristiano Ronaldo to Diego Maradona, a dubious likeness in bronze has become almost de rigueur for any self-respecting football superstar. Now (...)

Cannes 2019: Banderas kills Banderas, Tarantino makes a spoiler plea, Maradona does a no-show
- Film
- May 21, 2019, 11:45
Banderas kills Banderas Antonio Banderas looks old, but gorgeous, in Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, which also stars Penélope Cruz. Playing a vers(...)