A cast who is networked both on and off-screen bring a British Black Comedy/Thriller to the public. “Lucas and Albert” shares a story of two aging hitmen and stars James Osborne (Hatton Garden, The Heist) and A.G.Longhurst (Hatton Garden, The Heist), with cameo’s from John Altman (EastEnders), Michael Mckell (Emmerdale), Kim Taylforth (Family Affair) and…
Would you believe coffee, the world’s most popular drug is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world – one of the most valuable commodities in the history of global capitalism? In1896 March, an American graduate did a strange contraption – “ glass cage” in fact a copper chamber, seven…
Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Dexter Roberts in The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, reveals many of the social tensions now threatening to explode in China can be traced to the hukou – a small red passbook that records where a family is officially is registered as living and what benefits it is entitled to. The result is…
Country, Total New Total New Total Serious, Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Critical USA 100,392 14,957 1,543 248 2,465 2,463 Italy 86,498 5,909 9,134 919 10,950 3,732 China 81,340 55 3,292 5 74,588 1,034 Spain 64,059 6,273 4,934 569 9,357 4,165 Germany 50,871 6,933 342 75 6,658 23 France 32,964 3,809 1,995 299…
Prime minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating in Downing Street, after displaying mild symptoms of coronavirus. Boris Johnson has been in close contact with the government’s chief scientist Sir Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and all of the people in charge of trying to discharge governments’ various responses to slow the spread of…
According to John Hopkins University Coronavirus the following facts: “ The virus is not a living organism, but a protein molecule (DNA) covered by a protective layer of Lipid (fat), which, when absorbed by the cells of the ocular, nasal or buccal mucosa, changes their generic code ( mutation) and convert them into…
People around the UK have taken part in a “Clap for Carers” tribute, Saluting NHS and care workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The Royal Family and the prime minister joined well-wishers who flocked to their balconies and windows to applaud. A message from the NHS on social media described the tribute “emotional”.
Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical USA 85,740 305 1,303 8 1,868 82,569 2,122 China 81,340 55 3,292 5 74,588 3,460 1,034 Italy 80,589 8,215 10,361 62,013 3,612 Spain 57,786 4,365 7,015 46,406 3,166 Germany 47,278 3,340 281 14 5,673 41,324 23 Iran 32,332 2,926…
Consumers who were worried about contracting COVID-19 have been boosting their immune system by drinking orange juices. Frozen concentrated orange juice, traded in New York, rising 25 per cent to $1.214 a pound since the start of January. US shoppers were stockpiling on the staple, as fears over labour shortage in factories and transportation have…
Self-employed workers can also apply for a gramt worth 80 per cent of their average monthly profits to help them cope with the financial impact of coronavirus the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced. The money – up to a maximum od £ 2, 500 a month will be paid in a single lump sum but will…