The Sunday Times, before Murdoch bought it, was a world leader in investigative journalism, innovation and integrity, although the paper still commits good journalism. Sir Harold Evans the former editor of The Sunday Times, has a benign proprietor ( Roy Thompson) who exempted Evans’ domain from his robust views on profit. Evans always employed…
Prince Philip marks end of 70 years of public service The 95-year-old Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip to step down from public engagements in autumn, marking the end of 70 years of public service, according to Buckingham Palace. The decision taken with the full support of the Queen was not due to any deterioration in…
British Engineering giant Rolls-Royce will pay £671m to settle corruption cases with UK and US authorities. The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) found a conspiracy to corrupt or failure to prevent bribery by Rolls-Royce in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Russia, Nigeria and Malaysia. A UK court ruled the aerospace firm would pay £497m plus costs…
India to overtake Germany by 2022 as the world’s fourth-largest economy and push Britain out of the top five based on growth projections by the International Monetary Fund. On the way of course there may several challenges, which include executing a wide-ranging overhaul of the present tax system, sorting out the distressed assets among major…
Anthony Joshua, an ex-bricklayer, who was once on drug charges, is now the first billionaire heavyweight boxing star. He still plans to keep living with his mum at home. Anthony Joshua knocked out Ukranian Wladimir Klitschko by producing the best performance of his career to add the WBA world heavy weight title to his crown…
The historic locomotive Flying Scotsman is due to arrive into York station on Sunday morning around 8 am, alongside new Virgin Trains Azuma Class 800 train, the HST Class 43 and the InterCity225 Class91. The four trains in parallel display are taking part in a historic specatacle down the line from Tollerton, South of Easingwold.
“The vote is the only way to guarantee certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum and security for years ahead” PM calling for mandate. Although the country is coming together but Westminster is not. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party wanted the election , calling it a chance to get a government…
World’s oldest person Emma Martina Luigia Morano dies aged 117year and 137 days in Italy. Emma was born in Civiasco, Vercelli, Piedmont, Northern Italy, on November 29, 1899, four years before the Wright brother first took to the air and her life spanned two world wars and over 90 Italian governments. Her parents Giovanni Morano…
Whenever there is a financial crisis, Economists does a forensics and post-mortem of past financial crises to discover the clues as to how the next one might occur and what you can learn from them. In the latest book by former Securities and Exchange Commission regulator and Treasury department advisor Richard Bookstabe, reveals how the…
Stuart Hall catalogues his experiences that shaped his intellectual, political and theoretical work in his new book said: “ Sometimes I feel myself to have been the last colonial”. Stuart Hall an immigrant intellectual, one of the most prominent and influential scholars, and public intellectual of his generation, who is well placed as outsiders insiders,…