Despite the difficulties cinemas have faced in the last 18 months, and the insatiable rise of streaming services, there is no doubt that the best film experience is achieved when sat in front of the big screen. It captures the drama and the tension better, the noise is louder and the immersion makes you feel transcended for two and a half hours. Last week, I watched the magnificent Interstellar for the second time, but the first in front of a big screen. After seeing Christopher Nolan’s film fo

Sebastian Vettel is one of the most accomplished drivers in the history of Formula One and Motorsport. With four world championships, 53 race victories and over 120 podiums to his name, he has risen to the very top of motor racing. One of the most liked figures and best drivers to watch in the sport, he has in the last year or so taken on a whole new type of race: the fight for environmental and social change. The German has carried out multiple demonstrations and actions aiming to promote the

Since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the US has fallen from its position as the world’s only truly global power. Why and how this has happened, is essentially what After the Fall by Ben Rhodes is about. He comes to the conclusion that our changed world order was the United State’s doing. Its excesses at home and abroad, both relating to economics and foreign policy, created a fightback against the liberal democracy that he, and presumably all his readers, believe in so much. The fall, he s

Think of African American athlete Jesse Owens in 1936, winning four gold medals under Hitler’s nose in the middle of his Aryan, eugenic society. Women finally being able to compete at the highest level of sport at the 1900 games in Paris, the birth and growth of the Paralympics, and the famous black power salute in 1968. The Olympic Games have a long history of initiating and accelerating social and political change, and of starting to alter firmly-set minds. Following the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, i

More races in a season than ever before, 10 Grand Prix winners on the grid, a crazy driver-market shakeup of the teams, new team names and new tracks. Ahead of the 2021 F1 season, it looked tantalising. But like everything in life, high expectations often lead to disappointment. A quarter of the way through the season though, the races have lived up to the hype. We have had wet/dry races, safety cars galore, unforgettable turns of events and what seems to be a mouth-watering championship battle

Lawrence Stroll has unequivocally and bluntly set his aims for his rebranded F1 team, Aston Martin. He has set a new target: world championships. Speaking to BBC Sport, Stroll said, “My aim with this, like the other businesses I’ve owned, is to win.” The Canadian has made billions in the fashion industry and has invested millions in Formula 1. He acquired a seat for his son, Lance, at Williams, and then bought and saved Racing Point after it fell into administration. He is determined to rise to

At this point, the delays and u-turns on coronavirus are too much. Just last Wednesday, the Government announced an increase in Coronavirus restrictions across the country and yet, the mood music is already changing. The 30th December announcement by the Prime Minister declared that an extra 20 million people in the UK would move into the highest set of restrictions: Tier 4. Now, as I write, a lockdown has been announced in Scotland and England. While I fully and completely am in support of par

On January 5th, mere days away, the electorate of Georgia will choose its next two Senators in a remarkably important set of run-off elections. Currently the Peach states’ two Senatorial seats are held by Republicans - Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue - and both are running for re-election. Opposing them are the Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff, a former journalist and Congressional aide and Reverend Raphael Warnock, Senior pastor of Martin Luther King’s Jr’s former church. With the Senate curren