Following the resounding success of global bestseller Midnight in Peking, author Paul French has published City of Devils. A dramatic non-fiction account of Shanghai’s lawless 1930s, the book follows a meticulously researched narrative from the author, having lived in Shanghai for ten years. Delivering an intriguing insight into Shanghai’s pre-war ...
From austerity, to Brexit, to economic collapse. That is the story of how the Conservatives have crippled the country over consecutive parliamentary terms and now the details have been exposed in full in a damning new study. According to a comprehensive research paper by University of Warwick economics professor Thiemo Fetzer Tory austerity ...
An empty open-top bus will be paraded at this weekend's Brighton Pride Festival highlighting the "statistical anomaly" that none of the 500 top-level footballers registered to play are openly gay. The Premier League will come under fire over its attitude towards homosexuality with a bus containing every gay footballer on ...
A lot is happening right now in Europe and the UK that relates to business travel trends and news. Everything from possible Brexit effects to new data regulations are important not only for businesses and travel managers in the UK but also around the world. The following are some of ...
There has been an outcry after news emerged that the tax delivery giant Amazon pays in the UK has fallen despite profits almost tripling. Amazon’s turnover was nearly £2 billion in the UK and its profits leapt. Yet the internet delivery giant’s taxes fell, partly due to being able to ...
Filmmakers have a strange habit of allowing the most horrific events to take place in the most beautiful of surroundings. This is most certainly the case with Sicilian Ghost Story, which is set in the woodlands and lakes that border one of the titular island’s small towns. The film centres ...
Dominic Savage delivers a noble if somewhat tepid character study of a desperate housewife in The Escape. Tara (Gemma Arterton) is a married mother of two. She lives in the quiet, dull rabbit hutches of suburban London. It is a lonely existence, and despite her family, she is isolated. Her ...
Being exposed to levels of soot and harmful fumes at levels well within UK legal limits damages the heart
“Pathway to Peace” initiative to launch at UK’s largest Muslim Conference “Seek not to create disorder in the earth. Verily, God loves not those who seek to create disorder” – The Holy Qur’an 28:78 One of the UK's oldest Muslim communities is to launch an international intervention designed to provide comprehensive ...