Sleepless (Troubadour Theatre, Wembley) Verdict: So-so in Seattle Rating: Diehard romantics like me will recall, fondly, Sleepless In Seattle as the Nineties romcom that broke all the rules. It starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as two lovebirds on either side of America who don’t meet until the final scene of the film. Now the … Read more
The Square Mile is preparing to scrap statues and other landmarks with historic links to slavery and racism, following the Black Lives Matter movement. City of London Corporation bosses, who run the area home to some of the world’s biggest banks, has now launched a three-month consultation that could see the sculptures felled for good. … Read more
Black Panther views surge on Amazon and Apple charts in the wake of Chadwick Boseman’s death By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 23:30 BST, 30 August 2020 | Updated: 00:16 BST, 31 August 2020 Viewings of 2018’s Black Panther have surged across streaming platforms, after the shocking death of Chadwick Boseman on Friday. As of … Read more
The eye of the storm…If you’ve ever been there, you know it’s not a comfortable place to be. The UK has weathered the first leg of a Category Five economic hurricane. Destructive, disruptive and painful – with so many lives and livelihoods already lost. Yet beyond the eye lies the second leg, which is invariably … Read more
The chief executive of exam regulator Ofqual quit today, days after a furious row over A-Level and GCSE grades in England. Sally Collier resigned as chief regulator after four years in the role and will be replaced temporarily by her predecessor Dame Glenys Stacey. Ms Collier, a career civil servant, had come in for criticism over … Read more
Is early rising the first sign of Alzheimer’s? ‘Morning people’ who wake up early have higher risk of the disease, study suggests Scientists discovered higher risk of Alzheimer’s was associated with early rising Those with twice genetic risk are one per cent more likely to be ‘morning people’ The results of the study do not … Read more
We don’t know about you, but lately we’re having trouble sleeping. Even if we drift off, we wake in the middle of the night, our minds whirring, unable to get back to our slumber. Sound familiar? Then read on because we’ve compiled a list of ways to make sleep a sure thing. From the right … Read more
Chairman of Travelex’s parent company Finablr quits in wake of HMRC crackdown By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 17 August 2020 BR Shetty stepped down as Finablr chairman with immediate effect yesterday, with no explanation given The chairman of Travelex’s parent company has resigned … Read more
So that’s that. We can finally let go of the hope that Harry and Meghan will wake up one morning and decide to return to dear old Blighty to do any kind of actual Royal toil. Sure, Meghan has claimed that the Sussexes ‘will always be Royalty’ but her actions say something very different. By … Read more
Asos calls for clothing brands to reveal their supply chains in wake of Boohoo sweatshop scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 7 August 2020 Asos has demanded greater transparency from brands which want to sell their clothes on its site, following an industry-wide … Read more