A walking wall has been spotted trudging around London inviting people to throw blows at it to symbolise the time workers ‘hit the wall’. A survey of 2,000 workers revealed that 2.22pm is the moment when the post-lunch slump is most likely to kick in, triggering a lull in concentration and productivity. ...
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt In Poor Cow; Joy (Carol White) may be the name of the woman we watch in this slice of life tale, yet as we observe this young woman’s life, we sense that joy is merely a title for her. She gains little pleasure from the ...
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt B-Movies: When you keep them simple and sharp, you often heed the best results. The Shallows never overstays its welcome, nor does it overcomplicate its obvious silliness. It takes a Dario Argento approach towards proceedings. As much as we like to often deny our baser ...
By Charles Hibbert It is well known around the markets and economy that expansions don’t last long, they don’t die of old age, but that doesn’t mean they can’t get still get slightly weary and last a little longer. In the eighth year of the current bull market, recent stocks ...
It would be fair to say that the Maldives’ summertime is far more gratifying and reliable than ours in the United Kingdom. Named after the Dhonakulhi Island in the north of the Maldives, this week’s featured cocktail recipe - ‘Dhon Kulhi’ - was created by mixologist Jayson Santos Del Rosario ...
By Charles Hibbert There is always a song that you love so much you just listen to it over and over again until it’s impossible to get out of your head. It seems that for the majority of people in the UK this song is 500 miles by The Proclaimers, ...
By Charles Hibbert Black Lives Matter protests have spread across the UK, blocking roads angering holidaymakers heading to Heathrow. The A45 near Birmingham, along with tramlines in Nottingham have also been brought to a standstill due to the large protests, which is part of a campaign to raise awareness of ...
A cargo plane has landed on the road after overshooting the runway at Bergamo Airport in Italy. The nose of the Boeing 737-400 smashed through a fence and motorway barriers after losing control on landing. The flight, which had come from Paris, lost control while landing at Orio Al Serio airport at around ...
By Charles Hibbert There will be a number of firsts at the Rio Olympics, but none of them will quite match the Refugee Olympics Team who will, for the first time ever, compete at Rio. Despite not having a home, a flag and no national anthem, these ten athletes will ...