Month: September 2019

Share 16th Sep 2019 Barre Body and Bende founder, Emma Seibold, has launched a six-part start-up series that aims to help you take your idea from a seedling to a blossoming business. In this series, Seibold will share her journey, as well as the tips, tricks, and lessons she’s learnt along the way. Read on…

Manchester City defender John Stones will be out for around five weeks with a muscular problem, manager Pep Guardiola has announced. The England centre-back suffered the problem in training ahead of their Champions League opener against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday. “He (Stones) is out four, five or six weeks. He was injured in training this…

Unai Emery remains ‘popular’ with his Arsenal players despite recent tactical ‘frustration’. Arsenal sit level on points with third place after five Premier League games, just two points behind champions Manchester City. But the nature of their 2-2 draw with winless Watford has painted their season in an entirely bad light. The Gunners were, by…

Gary Neville has questioned Manchester United’s interest in West Ham midfielder Declan Rice. Rice emerged as a potential target for United over a summer which saw them pursue young, hungry British players. Some (silly people) have even mooted a possible £90m bid in January, but Neville does not feel United “need another player” like Rice.…

Eden Hazard says Real Madrid supporters are more “fanatical” than Chelsea ones. Hazard switched between the two clubs this summer for an initial £89m, having spent seven years at Stamford Bridge. The Belgian was a largely popular figure – save for when he was branded a ‘rat’ in the 2015/16 season – winning two Premier…

Bernd Leno admits Arsenal were lucky not to lose at Watford on Sunday as his goal was peppered with shots on an afternoon to forget for the Gunners. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s first-half brace appeared to have Arsenal on course for a Premier League victory, only for the Hornets to welcome Quique Sanchez Flores back into the…

The past four years have been a rollercoaster for Matty Bovan. The British designer graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2015, scooped the LVMH Graduate Prize, showed three collections as part of talent incubator Fashion East and twice received support from British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN.  His previous presentations have included balloon headdresses, crinoline ballgowns and…

Italian photographer, actress and political activist Tina Modotti (1896-1942) wearing a batik robe which she designed herself, Los Angeles, 1921. Erdem Moralioglu came across his latest muse — the early 20th-century Italian photographer, Tina Modotti — during a recent trip to Mexico City, where she died in 1942. “I discovered a collection of her photographs…

Manchester United are reportedly set to continue their policy of buying British talent, with five players linked with a move to Old Trafford next summer. The Red Devils spent around £150million this year on domestic prospects, with Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James all making encouraging starts to their United careers. There remains plenty…

Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has reminded Liverpool that “last season we were seven points behind”. City have been unable to keep the pace with Liverpool’s perfect start to the campaign, with the champions dropping five points in as many games. The draw against Tottenham was compounded with the shock 3-2 defeat to Norwich…