26 Aug 2022 Test Match Series – Day 2 of 5 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester England Vs South Africa South Africa won the toss and decided to bat. South Africa 151 ao off 53.2ov, Petersen 21 off 29, 3 fours, Rabada 36 off 72, 2 fours, Anderson 3-32, Broad 3037, Stokes 2-17, Leach 1-11,…
25 Aug 2022 Test Match Series – Day 1 of 5 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester England Vs South Africa South Africa won the toss and decided to bat. South Africa 151 ao off 53.2ov, Petersen 21 off 29, 3 fours, Rabada 36 off 72, 2 fours, Anderson 3-32, Broad 3037, Stokes 2-17, Leach 1-11,…
Tesla, the electric vehicle giant completed a three-for-one stock split on Thursday, dropping share prices from nearly $900 to $302. Tesla’s latest three-for-one split means that stockholders will get two additional shares for each share that they owned. This is Tesla’s second stock split in two years, intended to attract a new and diverse investor…
After two years absent, the 2022 Edinburgh Festival fringe is back, with newbies breaking through to stars testing their new tours. Fusing with musical comedy stand-up comedian and screenwriter, Jordan Gray said “ it’s bloody hard work being transgender”, takes on babies, boobies, and bigots. It was 2016, and she was competing on The Voice…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) the World’s largest and most powerful space telescope took infrared images of the Solar System’s biggest planet, Jupiter, in July 2022. The images revealed auroras, giant storms, moons, and rings surrounding Jupiter in detail that astronomers have described as “incredible”. Planetary astronomer Imke de Pater of the University of…
Barristers in England and Wales have voted to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from 5 September, next month. Until now, members have been striking on alternative weeks in a dispute with the government over pay, working conditions, and legal aid funding, The strike is expected to delay thousands of cases, leaving victims and the…
Behind Closed Doors is the result of a decade of research and writing on London clubs, based on exclusive behind-the-scenes access to archives and proceedings, as well as a love of gossip and scandal. The ups and downs of London Clubland which grew to spread around the world, with its four hundred clubs, and how…
The Special Relationship between America and Britain is feted by politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, when it suite their purpose and just as frequently dismissed as a myth, not least by the media, which announces its supposed death on regular basis. The two countries are bound together more closely than either is…
Petroleum has always been used by humans, from time immemorial as a waterproofing agent in Noah’s Ark, as a weapon during the Crusades, and as an adhesive for Neanderthals. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed into light, heat, and power. A Pipeline Runs Through it, looks at the social, economic, political,…