Controversial ex- Manchester City & Newcastle United Star gets first job in management
One of the most controversial players of his generation, Joey Barton, is heading into football management. He will take over as manager of Fleetwood Town on June 2nd, as he is currently not allowed to work in football due to his suspension for betting on football while still a player. The 35-year-old has signed a three-year contract It will be the former Manchester City midfielder's first managerial role, although Fleetwood have said his official title is "head coach". In April...
Meteors not only wiped out the dinosaurs but originally allowed them to flourish
The origins of dinosaurs lie in a massive meteorite strike which gave them a chance of survival, according to a new study. It is commonly understood that the dinosaurs disappeared with a bang - wiped out by a great meteorite impact on the Earth 66 million years ago. But researchers now think a meteorite strike around 245 million years ago near the end of a massextinction allowed for a boom in dinosaur numbers. In the paper, published in journal Nature...
Restaurant Review: Sophie’s Steakhouse, Soho
If you’re going to insist on opening a restaurant specialising in one specific dish, it’s a matter of good manners to do that one thing properly. As a result, I’m constantly flummoxed at the news of so many London steakhouses celebrating double-figure anniversaries. To order a steak in a non-specialist restaurant can seem like a cop out; generally included on menus as the sole reserve of the unadventurous, “well-done please”, picky eater. But when done well, in the right setting,...
Economic round up – April 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – April 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital Economic round up – April 2018 Roundup Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for...
Investment companies roundup – April 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of March 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. April Investment Companies Roundup Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for nearly two years. At the quarter end, the FTSE 100 index was down nearly 10% from its January peak of approximately 7800.What looked like good news about the...
NHS chiefs slammed for splashing out thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash on brown uniforms for staff
A hospital trust has been accused of wasting taxpayers' cash after splashing out thousands of pounds on changing the colour of staff uniforms from blue to BROWN. Dudley Group NHS Trust has changed 675 outfits for clinical support workers and ward clerks to a new "biscuit" colour to make staff more "easily recognised". But the controversial move has been slammed by taxpayers as well as their own members of staff working at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, West Mids. Critics...
Do you really want to own a supercar? 5 things to consider before purchasing
Wouldn’t it be fantastic to get behind the wheel of, say, a Ferrari 360 or a Lamborghini Gallardo? Cruise along in an Aston Martin DB9 or a Bentley Continental GT? For petrol heads everywhere, supercars and exotic race cars are the stuff of dreams. Pushing the envelope in terms of styling and performance, these motoring beasts are so far removed from the ordinary car that you and I would drive that you simply can’t help but stand up and take...
Windrush scandal: A father was denied passport and forced to miss daughter’s wedding because ‘he doesn’t exist’
A man born to parents who came to the UK on the Empire Windrush has been forced to miss his daughter's wedding - because he has been denied a British passport. Joseph Bravo, who has lived in the UK for 54 years, says he was unable to travel to daughter Charmaine's wedding in Cyprus because 'he does not exist.' Mr Bravo says he was left heartbroken after being forced to watch the ceremony on Facetime instead earlier this month. The...
Why artists don’t always need to be political
In light of the tumultuous political landscape that we find ourselves in post-2016, political art is more prominent than ever. The art scene is now swamped with art that pushes various political agendas, from condemnations of Trump and Brexit to a deluge of artwork produced in response to events like the Grenfell Tower fire and the #metoo movement. This proliferation of political art has led to some commentators stating that political art is the only art that matters now, and...