Marlon James from Jamaica has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s. A Brief History of Seven Killings, the 680-page epic was very violent and swearing and full of surprises. The £50,000 winner as announced on Tuesday, 13th October 2015, at London’s Guildhall.…
Shocked motorbiker started the engine while filling his bike and caused an explosion.
In Sopot Poland, stands an irregularly-shaped building Krzywy Domek which means “Crooked House”. Designed by Szotybscy and Zaleski, the fabulous architecture inspired by the fairly tale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg, Krzywy Domek built in 2004 within 4000M²( 43,000ft²) is part of the Rezydent shopping centre. Evening at Krzywy Domek…
The so-called crime lord David Hunt has subverted and tainted over twenty seven investigations into his illegal activities. Relationships between the Hunt organised crime network and serving Met Officers has been uncovered by “whistleblowers” including Darren Guntrip a serving Detective Constable and David McKelvey – a former Detective Chief Inspector. The police enquiries cover a…
Despite the fact that Richard Branson now lives in Necker Island and visits the UK for up to 3 months per year, Virgin Boss Richard Branson heads a powerful collection of business professionals who want to stay in the European Union. His critics say the parade of names are reminiscent of the Blair campaign to…
A “quiet hero” of the Thatcher years – former chancellor of the exchequer Geoffrey Howe passed away yesterday of a suspected heart attack. The Tory peer who left the cabinet in 1990 after a devastating resignation speech, was actually viewed as being one of the people who forced Margaret Thatcher out of Downing Street. He…
Jackie Collins – famous author and mother of three daughters and one son sadly passed away recently after a tour of Europe to promote “The Santangelos” – the famous fictional Italian family who have graced the pages of many of Jackie’s blockbusters which shed light on the way the glitterati pass their days in Hollywood…
At £105 in UK this “delapitory tool” is a new and different alternative to a razor. Called a “Skarp”, it has a tiny low-energy laser which gives out light that apparently gets absorbed by hair and heats each strand which breaks it off without “ricks”. As with any new “toy” make sure you know exactly…
Zac Goldsmith Sadiq Khan As the battle heats up for the new Mayor to take over from the inimitable Boris Johnson, we can look at two main contenders who are Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan who both have good credentials for providing London with ace supervision and they both have very similar percentages of backing…
Glencore- the world’s biggest producer and trader of zinc, a metal used for rustproof steel in products from cars to building materials, decided to slash zinc output by a third sparked a Zinc rally by 12 per cent to £1, 219,$1,875 and other metal prices and mining shares especially copper by 3 per cent to…