England needs 33 runs to win

11 Sep 2022 Test Match Series Day 4 of 5 at Kia, Oval, London   England   vs South Africa England won the toss and decided to field South Africa. 118 ao  off 36.2 ov, Zondo 23 off 57, 1 four, 1 six, Jansen 30 off 59, 4 fours, Robinson 5-49, Broad 4-41, Anderson 1-16 England…

The Queen’s coffin arrives at Edinburgh

The Queen’s coffin has arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh after a six-hour journey from Balmoral Castle, after being greeted by thousands of people on the city’s Royal Mile. Queen’s final Scottish journey charts the life of service, as Scotland prepares to say farewell to the Queen.

Himalayas – Beautiful but fragile

The Himalayas spanning for over two thousand kilometers through several countries from Pakistan to Myanmar via Nepal, India, Tibet, and Bhutan, where the world’s religions of Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are interspersed with ancient shamanic beliefs, where different cultures exist in these isolated mountain valleys, Modernity and tradition collide while the great powers fight for…

The Insider who fell foul of Putin

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Russian businessman who became Russia’s richest man, was rising fast in the capitalist free-for-all unleashed by Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika and the subsequent collapse of Soviet Communism. In The Russia Conundrum Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once an oil tycoon of Yukos Oil company which has been sold piecemeal to a state rival headed by Putin…

Charles III formally proclaimed King

The new King Charles III swears an oath as he formally takes up his new role in a historic meeting at St James’s Palace. The Accession Council a group consisting of members of the Royal Family, the Prime minister, other senior politicians, and the Archbishop of Canterbury gathers at St James’s Palace, the official residence…

The Media Titan who made aspirational readers

Andrew Roberts, historian, visiting professor at the Department of War Studies, King’s College, London, visiting research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a lecturer at the New York Historical Society, and biographer of Churchill, Napoleon, and George III delivers an authoritative volume on the life of Britain’s mightiest and most controversial press baron,…

King Charles III’s first speech to the nation as Sovereign

    King Charles III’s first address as sovereign said “ My family owes a heartfelt debt to my mother. I speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow. “Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen – my beloved Mother – was an inspiration and example to me and to all my family, and…

King’s return to Buckingham Palace

Charles, the longest serving heir to the throne lasting 70 years, in British history, is now King The 73-year-old King was throughout his mother’s long reign, witnessed generations of world leaders, come and go, including 15 UK prime ministers and 14 US presidents. The moment the Queen died, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony…