Zambian born accountant turned International best-selling author, Wilbur Smith has died on Saturday afternoon with his wife Niso, by his side, at his home in Cape Town at the age of 88. Smith’s 49 published books have sold more than 140 million copies worldwide, including the publication of his debut novel When the Lion Feeds…
The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule and the outlook for freedom under the communist regime are told with complete insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on eyewitness reporting over three decades, interviews with key figures and documents from archives in China and the West. Sheridan’s…
Diane Coyle, distinguished academic economist with Harvard PhD, Cambridge Chair, and professional, ex-UK Treasury, CBE, explores enormous problems but also opportunities and explains how economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economy – Digital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionising both the tools…
Entrepreneur, acclaimed model, actress and global social media phenomenon, Emily Ratajkowski, who has shared her image with the world, at the age of twenty-one, created a furor with her provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. My Body, a collection of 12 essays, offers lucid examination of mirrors in…
DAVINA BOSANQUET – ARTIST – PATTERNS IN NATURE. J/M Gallery, 230 Portobello Road ‘til noon 13 Nov www.DAVINABOSANQUET.COM – Buy and Commission through this site. @davinabosanquet f davinabosanquetart Our most favourite wildlife and locals from the African continent enchant and mesmerise. Showing at the J/M Gallery, one of many exhibitions Davina has had including being…
Oxford Nanopore shares closed almost eight per cent higher yesterday after the recently listed University spinout upped the 2022 and 2023 sales forecast for its life sciences unit bolstered by multi-million dollar long tern contract win in the UAE. The Genomics group forecast revenue for the core unit will hit between £170m and £190m in…
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Semi-final, Dubai Australia Vs Pakistan Pakistan 176-4, 20 ov, Rizwan 677 off 52, 3 fours, 4 sixes, Babar 39 off 34, 5 fours, Fakhar 55 off 32, 3 fours, 4 sixes, Starc 2-38, Zamba 1-22, Cummins 1-30. Australia 177-5, Warner 49 off 30, 3 fours, 3 sixes, Marsh 28…
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Semi-final, Abu Dhabi England Vs New Zealand England. 166-4, 20 ov, Moen Ali 51* off 37, 3 fours ,2 sixes , Malan 41 off 30, 4 fours, 1 six, Buttler 29 off 24, 4 fours, Neesham 1-18, Southee 1-21, Milne 1-31, Sodhi 1-32. New Zealand 167-5,…
Last week 28-year-old Sooraj Kumar was given a rare double life sentence for killing his wife Uthra, by making a cobra bite her, leading to a grisly murder. A sessions court in Kerala on Wednesday awarded life sentence to the victim’s husband for killing her using a cobra. The court had held the husband Sooraj S…