Not far from St Pauls Cathedral, The Theatre Room, Fredericks Place off the Old Jewry is putting on plays specifically tailored to mainly showcase older actors, through Frontier Theatre Productions founded by James Roose-Evans. It is an intimate venue with charm and appeal, easily accessible either by bus or tube (nearest is Bank). I saw…
Indian Scientist Dr P Arun working at the Mayo Clinic in the US,in a major breakthrough in cancer research identified the gene that prevents development of cancer cells Cyclin A2 – the protein that regulates the cell cycle Dr P Arun from Thjenjippalam in Malappuram district, in Kerala, India, discovered RNA binding protein to coordinate…
Britain’s biggest supplier of building materials, FTSE 100 firm Travis Perkins, is to axe 600 jobs and close over 30 branches as it would not meet £415m market expectations for the full-year profits. Its poor performance of plumbing and heating division contributed fall in underlying sales. The group trades from over 20 businesses including Tile…
Although the e-commerce giant EBay’s revenue rose 5.6 per cent to $2.22bn in the third quarter, their shares fell by 8.9 per cent in extended trading. EBay’s projected revenue of £1.93bn ($2.36bn) to $2.41bn may miss analysts estimates. EBay is rejiggign itself into an online marketplace to compete with the like of Jeff Bezeo’s Amazon.…
Saudi Arabia sold its debut soverign bond issue and raised £ 14.35bn ($17.5bn) and set a new emerging market record eclipsing Argentina’s £13.53bn ($16.5bn) bond sale earlier this year to become the largest debt issue by an emerging economy. Saudi Arabia’s venture into International markets is part of broader plan to divert its economy away…
Battersea Park London 20-23 October is the venue for the Affordable Art Fair. Showcasing art by over 1,000 artists, prices range from £100 – £5,000 making owning artworks accessible to many. Contemporary paintings, editioned prints, original and contemporary paintings and photography and sculptures – you will find them all there. The specially curated Recent…
The Aston Martin 0ne-77, with a V12 two door coupe, limited edition of only 77 cars produced costing £ 1.15m (US $1.4m) each.
European Space Agency’s Mars lander, Schiaparelli, the robot touched down successfully on the Red plant at 1558 BST (1458GMT), the Trace Gas Orbiter, Schiaparelli’s mothership. This spacecraft will study the atmosphere of Earth’s near neighbour. It was a high-speed approach with precision landing or else the spacecraft runs the risk of crashing into the ground.…
The little known Chinese art of Wing Tsun saved Della O’Sullivan from fear of being stalked when she not only took up the discipline but also became one of the world’s top fighters in the martial art. She was stalked for four years before taking action after not only being followed but also pestered on…
Sterling which had fallen 6 per cent since Tory conference, bounced back after it had its best day since fears of a “hard Brexit” grippe the currency market couple of weeks ago, after James Eadie, a government lawyers said “Parliament would have the final say on whether to accept Britain’s exit deal with the EU”.…