Jennifer Ziegler’s “Worser” centers a socially awkward, 12-year-old, word-loving boy William Orser, whose life is upended by his single mother’s recent stroke, but finds glimmers of hope when it turns out there are friends to be found who also share his love of wordplay. Worser explores both the beauty and power of words and how…
17 Aug 2022, First LV Insurance Test, Day three of five, at Lord’s London England Vs South Africa South Africa 326 ao off 89.1 ov, Erwee 73 off 146, 6 fours, Jansen 48 off 79. 4 fours, 1 six, Elgar 47 off 81, 8 fours, Maharaj 41 off 49, 7 fours, Stokes 3-71, Broad 3-71,…
17 Aug 2022, Test Match Series – Day 2 of 5 at Lord’s, London England Vs South Africa South Africa won the toss and decided to field. England 165 ao off 45 ov, Pope 73 off 102, 5 fours, Stokes 20 off 30,4 fours, Rabada 5-52, Nortje 3-63, Jansen 2-30. South Africa 289-7 off 77…
17 Aug 2022 Test Match Series First LV insurance Test, Day 1 of 5 at Lord’s, England Vs South Africa England 116-6 off 32ov, Pope 61 not out off 87, 4 fours, Stokes 20 off 30, 4 fours, Nortje 3-43, Rabada 2-36, Jansen 1-18. Anrich Nortje, bowling at 90 mph claimed 3-43 while Kagiso Rabada…
Lee Jaw-Yong, Samsung heir, convicted of bribery and embezzlement in 2017 – has been granted a special presidential pardon. Lee was twice imprisoned for bribing a former president. South Korea’s government justified the move, saying the de-facto leader of the country’s biggest company was needed back at the helm to spearhead economic recovery post-pandemic. Lee’s…
Saudi oil giant Aramco has broken its own record with a $48bn (£39.bn) profit for the second quarter of 2022, a 90 per cent increase and marks the biggest earnings for the world’s largest energy exporter since its public listing three years ago. Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered skyrocketing oil and gas prices. The…
Baar, Switzerland-based commodities trader Glencore Plc and Geneva-based IXM SA have both ceased it supply of metals to Liaoning, China-based metals merchant Huludao Ruisheng after the disappearance of $500 million in copper. Glencore has transferred some of its existing stock from Qinhuangdao to alternative locations, including Qingdao. A total of 13 Chinese trading firms had…
Scottish Unionist politician and Conservative thinker wrote in 1923, that to make democracy stable, the government needed to promote a property owing democracy, to meet the rise of socialism with constructive conservatism. Margaret Thatcher’s Right to Buy policy was one of the defining policies of her long tenure in Downing Street from 1979-90, aimed at…
Daniel Lavelle’s Down and Out, reveals his own experiences as well as those of witty and complex, hopeful individuals he has encountered who have been shunned or forgotten by the state that is supposed to provide for them- in order to shine a powerful light on this dire situation. Daniel Lavelle, a freelance feature writer,…
Salt Bae’s London restaurant which started as a myth, serving embalmed steaks in gold leaf at £700 each portion, then had to take off the menu at the dining room at the foot of the Park Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge. Nusret UK’s financial statements for 2021, just after three months of opening in the…