“Heat the human, not the home”. That’s the advice, cited by the Daily Mail journalist Isolde Walters on 30th October, offered by the Moneysaving expert.com founder Martin Lewis, to the many people across the UK who, for financial reasons, want to cut down drastically on their energy usage. Featuring prominently among his range of options […]
For the Sun journalist, Lydia Hawken, it was an “awe-inspiring ceremony”. On 10th September, the Guards gathered in the courtyard of St James’s Palace, London, to hear the Proclamation of the new monarch, Charles III. They put their guns on the ground, took off their hats and held them in the air, declaring “God save The […]
“In the good old days, anyone who wanted to change the channel on their television was obliged to get up to press the appropriate buttons on the apparatus”. That era, as “wired.com” has pointed out, came to an abrupt end when, in the mid-’60’s, the Austrian-American inventor and Director of Research at the Zenith Corporation, […]
“They’ve become a crucial part of society and can be found in everyone’s pocket, regardless of the person’s financial status”. Although this observation on the american “National Days Today (NDT)” website could apply equally to the ubiquitous mobile phone, in fact it refers to what has become, as they point out, “the dominant writing instrument” […]
“Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind”. Probably what Sir Winston Churchill, Britain’s Prime Minister during the 2nd World War, had in mind when he made that comment was what scotland.org has hailed as the “boundless imagination, inspired creativity and passion ” of […]
“Almost universally disliked and often described as ‘rats with wings’”. That’s how the Westminster-based Cleankill company depicts the estimated 18 million feral pigeons which, according to totalbirdcontrol.co.uk, can be found across the country. Although they aren’t as nasty or aggressive as gulls, asserts Cleankill, their droppings pose a major problem, hence the range of deterrents […]
“It still rankles: I used to carry him around everywhere with me”. This was how the Libertines singer and guitarist, Pete Doherty, describes, in his recently published memoir “A Likely Lad”, the moment in 2007 when his then girl-friend, the super-model Kate Moss, poured petrol over his beloved teddy bear, Pandy, and set it alight. […]
“Fashion may renew itself every six months, but one thing remains the same: Bouncers always wear black”. So the Brazilian author and journalist, Paulo Coelho, once observed. Furthermore, in the opinion of the renowned London-based but Portuguese and Belgian-educated photographer, Barbara Anastacio, quoted in the Guardian, most of these men (“they are almost always men”) invariably […]
What are balconies for? Their main purpose, states britannica.com, is to enlarge the living space in a dwelling without a garden or lawn and to provide ventilation. However, it also notes, from classical Rome onwards, the ones on public buildings have been employed as places from which speeches can be made or crowds exhorted. The […]
We’ve all started to notice. The cost of almost everything has gone up and according to the Evening Standard’s political reporter, Rachael Burford, on 5th April, the price of staples such as milk, butter and bread could rise by approaching 50% in the coming months. This has been corroborated by the latest edition of the […]