House prices increased by 5.2 %

House prices increased by 5.2 per cent in the UK according to a survey in the three months to October 2016, by Halifax leading mortgage lender. Prices increased by 1.4 per cent in October 2016, compared to 0.3 per cent in September 2016. According to Halifax, the house price growth may ease further in the…

Theresa May in India – subject of visas on the menu.

The subject of visas to Great Britain and rights to remain in the UK will be hot on the agenda whilst Theresa May PM is in India. The Indian Government is not happy with various changes in the system including Indian firms who will now have to pay higher salaries if they want to transfer…

Creme Fraiche, Chocolate and Clementine Syrup dessert

Syrup: 12 tsp crème fraiche,+++++++++++++++++++++   8 clementimes, 2 tbsp. golden caster sugar. Choc puds:- 300g dark chocolate – a good brand, 200 g unsalted butter, 300 g golden caster sugar, 5 large free range eggs Serves:12  Time: 60 mins plus cooling Oven temp required – 160C (180 non fan).  Place the chocolate broken up…

Emma Watson of Harry Potter hides free books

Emma Watson – Harry Potter actress has been hiding copies of Maya Angelou’s Mom & me & Mom, the November choice for her book club “Our Shared Self”. The Books on The Underground movement has book “fairies” hidng and handing around books  round the tube and train stations thereby for commuters to enjoy. Emma Watson is one…

Readers increasingly turn to smartphones to gain good reads.

Amazon launched its first e-reader nine years ago in November 2007.  The original Kindle cost £320 ( $399) and had a  6-inch black and white ink-screen and a keyboard which sold out within hours. Today technology has improved in storage, battery life and weight  and now the cheapest model costs only a fifth of that original price.…

Sir James Dyson calls for guaranteed visas for overseas tech students

Sir James Dyson (69), a British  inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company has called for foreign engineering and science students to be guaranteed visas after completing university courses to address the UK’s acute skills shortage. He is best known as the inventor of the dual cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner which works on the…

Inferno – the Dan Brown saga continues on the Silver Screen

In a way this story is like a cross between Jason Bourne and James Bond…if that doesn’t bore you and it shouldn’t…read on….. This is a fairly long film and follows on from The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. You would be forgiven for being a bit distraught at the beginning witnessing our…

Death of an Italian prince

  Twenty-one year old Italian prince Filippo Corsini cycling to a his college at Regent’s University, London succumbed to his catastrophic injuries killed on Monday 31st October 2016, after colliding with a lorry and  was caught  under the wheel of a lorry  near  the One Hyde Park development at Knightsbridge and was dragged 30 yards…

Art Show in Chelsea displays new and innovative works

On the first floor of the library – adjacent to Chelsea Town Hall on the Kings Road, is this free exhibition which runs until November 5.  It is well worth a visit and you may also want to buy an artwork there as the standard is exceptional. The first artwork displayed in this article is…