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Tailback of lorries in Ashford growing by the minute

The saga between the ferry companies and Eurostar and the asylum seekers in France and the lorries and Eurostar continues. It is a battle with two forks. Yet again, queues of lorries in Ashford – the UK , waiting to board to go in the tunnel to France are at epic proportions, whilst on the…

127 year old Financial Times sold to Nikkei for £844m in cash

The 127-year old Financial Times. one of famous and strongest brand, is being sold to Japanese media firm Nikkei for £844m in cash, according to Publishing group Pearson There is advertisement used to be “No FT, No Comment” The sale however, does not include Pearson’s 50% stake in the Economist or the FT’s London office…

World Snakes Day

July 16 marked the World Snakes Day, an appropriate occasion to learn more about the reptiles. World Snakes Day will be used to enable better understanding of snakes. Of around 290 more species of snakes found in the world, hardly less than 10 percent are venomous; Snakes have played a pivotal role in the…

HARRODS EMPLOYEE SUING FOR £1M

Want to work for Harrods? Well lots of wannabe’s are turned down at interview stage mostly because their approach is too “common” even with a good command of the English language. Is this a “storm in a teacup” over Juan Mackenzie who is taking this prestigious temple of shopping to court to the tune of…

World Gold prices plunge to its lowest since March 2010

The gold price plunged to its lowest in more than five years to 4 per cent, as talk of a US interest rate rise this year has led investors in China, India, to sell the precious metal. The price fell 4% to as low as £696.35 ( $1,088.05) an ounce as soon as Shanghai Gold…

DO WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND FANTASTIC BEASTS? J K ROWLING THINKS SO

A new script “Fantastic beasts and where to find them” written by J K Rowling has excited huge attendance for young girls aged 8 – 12 hoping to seize the lead part of Modesty and thereby mirroring the image of Emma Watson who played Hermione in the Harry Potter films. Auditions took part at The ExCel…

Entire Saatchi Gallery to be given over to Stones Exhibition next year

Will The Rolling Stones ever be “Old Hat”? Probably not as they were amongst the forerunners of all the music that came after them and emerged with them. However far be it for one group to overshadow all the other most amazing and mesmerising performers and gigs and songs to come out of the sixties,…

STORIES FROM STORIES – J THOMPSON ROWLING TELLS US CURIOUS THINGS…….

John Rowling is a well loved friend of mine. Born in 1921, he has kept himself busy not only whilst working but by also studying in depth on other subjects than his occupation as a senior surgeon (he studied medicine at Cambridge) but also in his retirement, creating books like this – which are head and shoulders…

“THE GIRL WITH SEVEN NAMES” – DEFECTING FROM NORTH KOREA PRODUCES A BOOK

Hyeonseo Lee – author of this account of her life so far, made her first visit to the UK this year and talked about her new book, The Girl with Seven Names at Asia House. Born in North Korea and undergoing several years of famine there where people died as a result, Hyeonseo found the regime…