Dame Hilary Mantel author of Wolf Hall trilogy, died aged 70

Dame Hilary Mantel,  author of the best-selling Wolf Hall Trilogy and won the Booker Prize twice for 2009’s Wolf Hall, the first in the Thomas Cromwell series and its 2012 sequel Bring Up the Bodies, died on Thursday aged 70.   Dame Hilary was an intense and troubling writer, and her subjects were odd and…

Charlady wearing haute couture

Ever dare to pursue your dream, to make invisible, visible, in a story revealing class discrimination by the elite. MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS is the enchanting tale of a seemingly ordinary British housekeeper whose dream to own a couture Christian Dior gown takes her on an extraordinary Parisian adventure.  In post-World War II  1958, London,…

India level the series 1-1

23rd September 2022, International Twenty20 Match at Vidarbha Cricket Association, Nagpur India Vs Australia India won the toss and decided to field. Australia. 90-5 off 8 ov  Finch 31 off 15, 4 fours, 1 six,  Wade 43 not out off 20, 4 fours, 3 sixes, A Patel 2-13, Bumrah 1-23. India 92-4 off 7.2 0v.…

Brook and Dukett steers England a 63-run victory

23 Sep 2022 International Twenty20 Match Karachi   England 221-3 off 20 ov. Jacks 40 0ff 22, 8 fours, Duckett 70 not out off 42, 8 fours, 1 six, Brook 81 not out off 35, 8 fours, 5 sixes, Qadir 2-48, Hasnain 1-36   Pakistan 158-8 off 20 0v Masood 65 off 40, 3 fours,…

England win first T20 In Pakistan after 17 years

England Vs Pakistan, First T20, Karachi Pakistan 158-7 off 20 ov, Rizwan 68 off 46, 6 fours, 2 sixes, Babar 31 off 24, 3 fours, Iftikhar 28 off 27, 3 sixes, L Wood 3-24, Rashid 2-27 England 160-4 off 19.2 ov, Alex Hales 53 off 40, 7 fours, Harry Brook 42 not out off 25,…

The Nation and the world bids farewell to Queen Elizabeth

  Queen Elizabeth’s coffin is on its final journey to Windsor Castle being driven in the State hearse up the Long Walk. Windsor is a place that she called home and where she and the Duke of Edinburgh spent lockdowns during the pandemic and at St. George’s Chapel for the funeral of her husband just…

History is told in a most compelling way

Seven years of bloody and violent civil fighting, beginning in 1642 took place before the arrest of Charles 1 appeared in court to be told he was sentenced to death as a “Tyrant and Traitor’. He laughed at this and during the reading of the charge, the head of his cane broke off and fell to the floor.…

HM Queen’s Funeral

World leaders including US President Joe Biden and hundred of Presidents of foreign countries were among the guests who witnessed the Abbey Service remember Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth’s final farewell. Earlier, King Charles III led the procession behind his mother’s coffin from Westminster Hall to Abbey. The Queen’s coffin was conveyed in the first…

The Queue

Professor Keith Still from Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria who has been teaching and advising on crowd science for 30 years, helped to plan the five-mile length queue of people shuffling slowly along for between nine and 25 hours, sometimes overnight, patiently waiting to pay respects to the Queen as she lies in state in Westminster Hall. He…