Oscar-nominated actor, Hal Holbrook, noted for playing Deep Throat in All the President’s Men has died aged 95. Holbrook, also appeared in Wall Street, Into The Wild and Lincoln, died on 23 January, according to his assistant. Holbrook was born in Cleveland on 17 February 1925, and his mother was a Vaudeville dancer. He…
Kamala, the daughter of a Jamaican-born father and India-born mother who met in the 60s Bay Area political activism. In her 2020 Democratic National Convention acceptance speech as Joe Biden’s running mate, she proudly recalled having “ a stroller’s eye view of people getting into what the great John Lewis called “ good trouble”. Her…
Capital & Counties Properties ( LON: CAPC), the owner of Covent Garden estate reduced by 27 per cent in 2020 on a like-for-like basis, and has taken a hit of £400m on the value of London shopping and entertainment site, as the independent property valuation had fallen to £1.8bn as of the end of 2020,…
Michael Birch co-founder of Bebo plans to relaunch his social network with real-time interactions between friends rather than the new feeds displayed by Twitter and Facebook which inadvertently spread fake news. Bebo – an acronym for “Blog early, blog often” was once the most popular network in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. In…
Asos, the online fashion retailer has bought the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, and HIR brands from failed retail group Arcadia in a deal worth £295mm and a further £30m for the stock acquiring the stock and the brands but not taking on the stores. Nick Beighton, CEO of Asos said: “The acquisition of these iconic…
A fictitious English saint, Odo of Whye, commanded a couple of handy superpowers including the prescience which let him see through the fogs of nowadays into far future ages and could be in two locations at once. Hurdy Gurdy is Christopher Wilson’s 10th novel and reveals the picture of plague-ridden 14th century England, with its…
Dr Ollie Hart, of Sloan Medical Centre in Sheffield, is on a bike to administer Covid-19 vaccine to his patients. Our centre may be closed this week but we’ve been catching up on people who can’t get in. Here’s the impact of one vail of Astazenecavaccine. He is a clinical lead our local GP Neighbourhood…
The army has seized power in a military coup in Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior members of her governing party are detained. All authority has been transferred to the top army commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and a one-year state of emergency has been declared according to a statement on military TV.…
The worst outbreak of plague in England since black death of 1348, is the great plague of 1665-1666 when London lost roughly 15 per cent of its population, as 68, 596 deaths were recorded in the city, the true number could be over 100, 000. In late 1664, a bright comet was to be seen…
Although the highly anticipated and eagerly awaited Sony PlayStation 5 next generation Console was released on November 19th in the UK, it is very difficult to get hold of one, as the limited stock selling out within minutes across national retailers lie Argos, Game, John Lewis, Currys, Amazon. Giving buyers the option of purchasing a…