Glittering fairytale

Miss Aluminium named after a modelling gig Susanna Moore got at a trade show, is a detailed account of her life as she moves from being a model to bit roles in films to reading scripts for Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson. Brought up in the 1950s and early 60s Susanna navigates a new era…

The Polonium affair

Never accept anything from strangers. One of the two men trendy dressed with a big gold watch on his wrist sitting at a table in a central London bar offered a cup of tea which he had bought earlier to another man former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, defecting to the West). He accepted the offer…

BA to retire their entire 737 fleets immediately

British Airways owned by International Airlines Group (IAG) grounds all of its Boeing 747s as it suffers from the sharp travel downturn. The UK airline is the world’s largest operator of the jump jets with 31 in the fleet. A  British Airways spokesman said, “It is with great sadness that we can confirm we are…

Coordinated social engineering attack on twitter by hackers

Twitter was hit with a massive hack on Wednesday as several high-profile accounts tweeted about the same Bitcoin wallet, urging followers to send cryptocurrency with the promise of returning double the amount. This, of course, was an orchestrated scam. The company says it’s still investigating the incident, but has shared what it knows so far.…

Ophiuchus throws Zodiac calendar in to chaos

  Ophiuchus, a new star sign  is a thirteenth-star sign as revealed by NASA throws astrological calendar in a mess Ophiuchus named after the ancient Greek for “ snake bearer” comes into line straddling the celestial equator for 18 days between November 29 and December 17  with Scorpio’s window cut to just seven days. Astrological…

Starbucks, McDonalds and Wetherspoon all slash food prices

A $4bn cut in VAT has come into force, allowing firms in the food, drink and hospitality sectors to slash prices. Starbucks and McDonald’s are the latest firms to promise reductions after the chancellor ordered a temporary VAT cut from 20  per cent to 5 per cent. The treasury estimates households could save £160 a…

Asos to pay back furlough cash

Asos, the online retailer will repay to the government it claimed for furloughing workers after its sales grew in lockdown by 10 per cent to £1bn in the four months to 30 June. Nick Beighton Asos’ boss said “This has been a tough time for all businesses, but we have remained focused on doing the…

Gold Tourbillon timepiece sold for £1.6bn

A 19th-century gold Tourbillon timepiece made by watchmaking genius Abraham Louis Breguet, that once belonged to King George III has sold for a record £1.6m after a for way bidding war at Sotheby’s in London. The ultimate buyer was although attended the auction remained anonymous. The French celebrity watchmaker with clients including Napoleon never got fully…