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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Monday that the two antiques are 2,000-year-old sling stones that were left at the Museum of Islamic and Middle Israeli Cultures near the southern Israeli city of Be’ er Sheva. A museum employee found the stones in a bag in the museum’s courtyard with a note that read…
The Labour party is currently at odds over the issue of Harriet Harman’s decision to tell her colleagues not to oppose Tory cuts – including plans to limit child tax credits to two children. People in her shadow cabinet opposing her theory include mayoral possibility Diane Abbott, who has said, “I do not believe…
What happens, when £585million ( $900million) marries £454 trillion ( $700 trillion) tied up in property, banks, wine, art and charities- a grand union as today marks the unification of two of the world’s most powerful families, one European Dynasty dating back to the 18th century and the other one a New world, New money set,…