‘Guest’ at Renaissance London hits out over quarantine stay by holding signs

A frustrated hotel quarantine guest has protested against the scheme with a series of home-made signs reading ‘HM Prison Heathrow’ and ‘What a way to spend your birthday’ and ‘Next time I’m coming home in a dinghy via Dover’.  The unnamed man, who is staying at the Renaissance London hotel near Heathrow, showed off the … Read more

Tyson Fury’s incredible renaissance to usurping Anthony Joshua as boxing’s highest paid star

Tyson Fury has enjoyed an incredible rise back to the top table of sporting superiority, something that was truly unimaginable just a few years ago. Back in 2017, the Gypsy King was banned from the sport he adores for testing positive for a banned substance while struggling with mental health problems – and his career … Read more

Blue pigment popular with Renaissance artists gets ‘sick’ 

A pigment that was popular with Renaissance artists develops a wasting disease over time that causes blue parts of historical masterpieces to turn grey, scientists say. The costly pigment ‘ultramarine’, made from a dazzling blue metamorphic rock, catalyses its own chemical reaction that reduces colour intensity. This affects legendary paintings including Johannes Vermeer’s ‘A Young … Read more