Boris Johnson marries Carrie Symonds 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson *(56) has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds (33), the first PM to get married while in office in nearly 200 years, at Westminster Cathedral in a secret wedding on Saturday afternoon. The couple would celebrate again with family and friends next summer with their honeymoon delayed until that then. Their son…

Chelsea win Champions League trophy 1-0

Chelsea beat Man City  to win Champions League after 9 years Chelsea won the Champions League for the second times  in all-English beating Manchester City, with Kai Havertz scoring the winner three minutes before half-time when he collected a defence-spitting pass from Mason Mount to round City goalkeeper Emerson. Thomas Tuche got the better of…

Birth of England

Over seven centuries, the Anglo-Saxon period has attracted  a huge amount of mythmaking and a formative time for English society. Between fifth and 11th century , many things took shape start are still recognisable  as those the Anglo-Saxons knew; the English language, the settlement of most of our towns and cities, the monarch,  the national…

Economics must set aside petty squabbles for a better future

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, professor emerita of six separate disciplines  at the University of Illinois, Chicago an Economic historian, in her latest book on the Great Enrichment and the betterment of the poor -not just materially but spiritually, gives a intellectual and rigorous analysis with focus on human rather than the institutions. She asserts her vision…

Napoleon, a botanist, and horticultural strategist

Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769-1821), the most celebrated general in history, has always attracted eminent male writers but only a few female writers have written his biography. Ruth Scurr,  a lecturer in history and politics  at Cambridge University, a keen Gardner herself, who knows her pelargonium from her amaryllis is one of the most eloquent and…

Noise: inaccurate human judgement

Thinking, Fast and Slow  Daniel Kahneman’s last masterpiece book, has demonstrated in a companion volume book Noise, aimed at most people care about rationality and good judgement. Multi-million copy bestselling author Daniel Kaneman teamed up with co-author of million copy bestseller Nudge, Cast Sunstein and the eminent professor and writer on strategic thinking Olivier Sibon,…

DMGT scoops £950m benefit from Cazoo investment

Daily Mail and General trust plc (DMGT)l the owner of The Daily Mail,  the company operates in over forty countries through its subsidiaries, whose investment in online car seller Cazoo could be worth  £950m ($1.35bn), an eight-fold return on its investment. The DMGT half year results reveal it put an extra £34m into Cazoo last…

Elusive fugitive Mehul Choksi arrested in Dominica

  Mehul Chinubhai Choksi, Indian businessman from Mumbai, India, residing in Antigua who is wanted by the Indian Judicial authorities for criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonesty including delivery of property, corruption and money laundering. Choksi, 63,  in involved in  Rs 12m Punjab National Bank scam. Mehul Choski was last seen driving…