With more than 900 of them littered around houses in London, the blue plaque has become a focal part of our historical streets commemorating celebrities, politicians and nobility. The scheme, started by the Royal Society of Arts and administered by English Heritage since The Greater London Council (GLC) was abolished, ...
Around 350 million photographs a day are uploaded onto Facebook. Let that sink in. That equates to more than one picture for each citizen of America. In three weeks, that equates to every single person on the planet. It’s believed that 108 billion people have ever lived on the Earth, ...
In a victory for business transparency, a cross-party call for multinationals to make public where they pay tax and in what places they do business, has been given the nod by the Government. There has been increasing pressure from politicians and the wider public to hold these huge companies to ...
Many people were very underwhelmed by David Davis yesterday in the Commons. He made a speech to the house to talk about Brexit, in his capacity as Minister for Brexit. After most of the summer to come up with a clear Brexit strategy he came out with classics such as ...
The fall-out from the decision to leave the EU has had a knock on effect on higher education in the UK, according to the QS world University Rankings. Uncertainty over immigration rules and access the EU research funding are to be blamed for the drop in rankings. There are concerns ...
Dubai has long attracted holidaymakers with the promise of guaranteed sunshine, lavish hotels, glamorous beaches and some of the world’s best water parks. There’s also the city’s many iconic sights, including the Palm Jumeirah island, Burj Al Arab and the breathtaking Burj Khalifa, which you may know better as the ...
In the first of our Arctangent 2016 interviews, The London Economic braved the rain to catch up with Glasgow instrumentalists Dialects. Conor and Steven talk new music, superhuman fretwork and the future of post rock. TLE: Thanks for taking the time to chat to us, Dialects. I’ve heard you’ve been ...
El Salvador's national football team today claimed that they have been offered a bribe to fix Tuesday's World Cup 2018 qualifying game vs Canada, which they have refused. In a bizarre news conference, team members played an audio recording of the person allegedly offering various incentives. Canada must beat El Salvador (who cannot ...
Leinster Rugby have confirmed the appointment of former England head coach Stuart Lancaster into the senior coaching team. Following a disappointing Rugby World Cup 2015, where England as the home nation crashed out in the group stages, this will mark Lancaster's first major position back in the game. Lancaster has enjoyed ...