Raffles and Singapore Sling

The original Singapore Sling was invented at the Raffles Hotel Singapore over 104 years ago by Hainanese bartender Ngiam Tong Boom,  when the etiquette dictated  that Ladies could not consume alcohol in public. Cad’s Alley as first lovated at the main hotel entrance where tables were strategically placed next to one another, so that male…

Volcano eruption five people dead several injured in New Zealand

  A volcano has erupted in New Zealand’s White Island, leaving five people dead and several unaccounted for according to police. Tourists were seen walking inside the crater of White Island moments before Monday’s eruption. 23 people have been rescued from the White Island  which is also called Whakaari, the country’s most active volcano. The…

Nato leaders meet at a 70th Anniversary summit

Nato leaders will meet outside of London for formal three hours of talks on Wednesday as they gather to mark the military alliance’s 70th Anniversary.   The talks will take place at a luxury hotel near Watford and follow receptions held on Tuesday at Buckingham Palace and Downing Street. Tuesday also saw also sharp exchanges…

Oxford Women who stood at the Vanguard of equal rights

Dorothy L Sayers famous for her Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane detective series, was also equally known during her life for an essay asking “Are Women Human?” Women’s rights were expanding rapidly during Sayers’s lifetime as she and her friend were some of the first women to receive degrees from Oxford although they faced…

Protest outside Facebook headquarters

A medical tattooist who draws nipples on women who have lost them due to mastectomies, says she is being blocked on social media after her work is being mistaken for pornography, |Vicky Martin from Wokingham in Berkshire was joined by 50 supporters many of whom have lost breasts through cancer treatments. Vicky specialising in the…

Conundrums of the will

  A father left 17 camels as an asset for his three sons. Obviously when the father passed away his sons opened up the will only to learn that The father stated that the eldest son should have half of the 17 camels, the middle son should be given 1/3rd of 17 camels and the…