By Linda Marric @linda_marric Sharing the title of D.W Griffith’s 1915 racist ode to The Ku Klux Klan and white supremacy, Nate Parker’s The Birth Of A Nation’s message couldn’t be more different. The film tells the little talked about story of a slave rebellion in 1831 lead by Nat Turner, a literate preacher who was born into slavery and singled out as a child by his master’s wife to learn to read and write. As well as writing and...

Ownership can be a really rewarding experience but no matter how much you love your horse or pony, taking care of him can put a real strain on your finances and your freedom. If that strain begins to dull your enjoyment of horse ownership, there are some simple steps you can take to help reduce the amount of time and money you need to spend on your horse without compromising on his welfare. Here’s a few tips: Share your Time...

It's estimated that we touch our face around 3000 times a day. With that staggering figure in mind, it's no wonder that the first thing we obsess about is any irregularity in our boat race: blemish, bags, dry skin and those dreaded wrinkles. While our dirty mitts could be the reason behind our blemishes, ageing and hydration play a major factor in blame for the rest. Of course there are a wealth of products on the market that will claim...

When possible tube strikes were once again announced this week, I rolled my eyes. The subject has become an all too familiar commuter gripe and is a topic that we can’t resist commenting on. Angry commuters take to Twitter and social media every day to relieve their frustration over delays, strikes and being close to smelly armpits. I myself was thrust into the pit of a gentleman just the other day while riding the tube and words cannot describe the...

Many environmentalists were worried about Donald Trump becoming US President after a number of comments seemingly dismissive of global warming and its dangers to the planet. In one tweet he wrote: "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." On Jan 29th 2014, Trump also Tweeted: "Snowing in Texas and Louisiana, record setting freezing temperatures throughout the country and beyond. Global warming is an expensive hoax!" And if that...

The vast cultural difference between the UK and Italy has been laid bare in a special Christmas research project looking at family dining habits. Despite 59 per cent of Brits believing that family time is the most important thing about Christmas, the research found that 30 per cent admit to not sharing their Christmas dinner with their family, compared to just one in ten Italians. A further 15 per cent of Brits said they didn’t get family together for any major holiday...

It is news that will panic many in the UK financial sector, it has been claimed that UK banks will be leaving the UK for Paris, once Brexit begins. Talks are in already at an “advanced’ stage, according to the French financial regulator. The secretary general of the AMF Benoit de Juvigny has said that UK banking institutions have been in touch asking for information about how they would be regulated if they made the move across the Channel. He...

With two successful restaurants already open on the west-side of the city the Gladwin Bros have already proven that people will travel (albeit only a short tube journey or bus ride from everywhere else in London) for good food. Yet with their latest opening - Nutbourne – it seems as though the team behind Rabbit and The Shed have set themselves their biggest challenge to date, in an attempt to entice customers to visit their new neighbourhood restaurant. Battersea is...

I have spent two decades being a private chef for High New Worth (HNW) and Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) clients all over Europe and on super yachts. What I have become experienced at is keeping secrets. Here is what I remember about cooking for the Italian Genius and his Unbalance Canadian wife. To protect the innocent, the guilty and myself, nothing I tell you will be quite true. I'd been sent to an interview by my agency to meet the...