A sitar owned and played by George Harrison has sold for £46,581 ($62,500) at an auction in the United States. The Indian string instrument, purchased from a shop in London’s Oxford Street in 1965, was used in the recording of Beatles song Norwegian Wood in 1965. It launched ‘The Great ...
Growing up as a sports fan in the 90’s, there were 3 things you could always rely on…Man Utd winning the Premier League, the England football team winning nothing and Australia winning the Ashes. So in 2005, when Michael Vaughan led England to a first Ashes win since 1987, it ...
When I was younger the only thing I ever looked forward to about going back to school, was the fact that I’d have a brand new backpack across my scrawny shoulders. Every September a new bag was purchased and a huge grin beamed across my ‘innocent’ face. Alas, those care-free ...
South London’s coolest new cocktail bar, Nine Lives will present ‘The Nine Lives of El Tigre’ for London Cocktail Week (October 2nd-5th). For one week only, legendary bartender El Tigre will bring his Mexican family’s seafood restaurant, Los Barcos, to Nine Lives – offering a selection of Don Julio tequila ...
Swansea University has announced that the Democrat's 2016 Presidential candidate will be given an honorary doctorate at the Welsh University on Saturday 14 October. And the decision does not seem to have gone down that well with its students. "We are proud to announce that we are awarding Hillary Rodham ...
A young student came inches from death after falling onto a railway track during an epileptic fit. Lucky Toby Taplin, 20, was dragged from the track by on-lookers just moments to spare before the train pulled into the platform. But he told how he would have lost his life ...
A pervert was yesterday (fri) spared jail for importing a child-like sex doll into the UK. Simon Glerum, 33, bought the 3ft 3ins mannequin online, requesting it be sent from Hong Kong to his home address. But the parcel was intercepted at Stansted Airport by Border Force officers who ...
The re-launched Star Trek: Discovery contains scoops of every element that made the previous Trek television series and movies memorable. Now that may or may not be a good thing as not all those memories are fond ones yet this new series is deliberate in re-voicing the sounds of the ...
Pacific Industrial buys nine logistics assets – Pacific Industrial & Logistics REIT has completed the off-market acquisition of a portfolio of 9 logistics assets for a total consideration of GBP45.5m. The purchase price represents a net initial yield of 7.3%. The deal has been financed from the proceeds of the ...