A SALES manager skipped her way to financial freedom after being furloughed during the first lockdown. Lauren Flyman, known online as Lauren Jumps, used to have to watch her cash when she worked nine-to-five – but now she’s raking it in making a living with a skipping rope. Lauren FlymenContinue Reading
Cold showers can have some benefits, a scientist says. Shutterstock, CC BY-NC Anyone watching the BBC programme Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof may be starting to wonder whether there really “power in the cold shower” as extreme athlete Hof claims. Hof, who set a Guinness World Record for swimmingContinue Reading
Manhattan is griddy. Shutterstock The science fiction film Tron Legacy opens with voice of main character, Kevin Flynn, musing of a digital world of his creating: The Grid. The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they lookContinue Reading
T oday (April 23) is National Shakespeare Day–a day for fans of the bard to celebrate his life and work. William Shakespeare is widely considered to be one of the world’s greatest poets and playwrights. He was also responsible for contributing hundreds of words to the English language–many of whichContinue Reading
PIERS MORGAN admitted he “feared the worst” ahead of Arsenal’s lunchtime kick off against Manchester United. He personally texted good friend Cristiano Ronaldo, begging the United star not to score a goal at the Emirates against his beloved Arsenal. 2 Piers Morgan revealed his text to Cristiano Ronaldo before ArsenalContinue Reading
In announcing his plan to partner with Rwanda to manage migration, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed, on April 14 2022, that the UK is “a beacon of openness and generosity”. He lauded the great British tradition of offering sanctuary to those who seek it through legal routes while outlining howContinue Reading
Americans have been consumed by the war in Ukraine with intensive media coverage across news platforms. This is unusual. Foreign affairs do not usually consume the American public unless the US is directly involved and American lives are at risk. What explains this intense interest and what does it meanContinue Reading
A fter two years of being a fairly subdued matter, Record Store Day is back in full force this Saturday (April 23) for the festival’s 15th anniversary, with more than 260 independent record shops getting in on the act. In addition to all the special-edition releases that are coming outContinue Reading
Wales 0-26 France 50. They haven’t scored yet, but Wales have been much better since the break. Play is just halted momentarily as France make a couple of changes. Surprisingly Laure Sansus is one of the players to go off, despite her two tries. Skipper Gaelle Hermet is also sacrificed.Continue Reading
The public needs to know how the police draws the line between learning from their mistakes and sanctioning those officers who offend. Sandor Szmutko | Shutterstock Police accountability is crucial to trust and confidence in the police. Quite what form that accountability should take, though, is a matter of debate.Continue Reading
