Harry Belafonte: singer turned actor then activist
Pioneering singer and actor turned activist who campaigned against the apartheid has died aged 96Continue Reading
2023-05-05
Literary tour of the UK – best places for book lovers to visit
The rise in popularity of staycations has “reinforced something books have been teaching us for centuries”, said Olivia Emily on Country & Town House. “You don’t have to travel far to feel like you’re in another world.” As somewhere that has produced some of the “most celebrated literary figures throughoutContinue Reading
2023-05-05
When is the next UK general election? Can Rishi Sunak call an early vote?
T he Conservative Party’s chairman has said it was a “difficult night for the party,” with the Tories losing council seats in the local elections. Labour has made gains nationwide which could reflect the nation’s mood as well as issues that affect voters more locally. Tory chairman Greg Hands toldContinue Reading
2023-05-05
Report finds Ireland to face cooling temperatures as Gulf Stream weakens
Ireland could get cooler, wetter and stormier due to climate change. A new report into Ireland’s ocean climate found the Gulf Stream, which gives Ireland its temperate climate, could decrease by 30 per cent. The research warns the country will still experience other consequences of a warming planet, with seaContinue Reading
2023-05-05
Tartan exhibition review, V&A Dundee, Scotland
Tartan may well be “the most categorised textile on Earth”, said Cal Revely-Calder in The Daily Telegraph. There are more than 11,000 recognised varieties of this grid of “geometric patterns of coloured thread”, each one of them loaded with symbolism. Over the centuries, tartan has been “a source of pride,Continue Reading
2023-05-05
Tories suffer losses in first electoral test for Sunak
R ishi Sunak’s Tories were on course for heavy losses in the Prime Minister’s first electoral test as Labour and the Liberal Democrats both made gains in elections across England. The contests were the first to be fought under new rules requiring voters to carry photographic ID, and the electionsContinue Reading
2023-05-05
Tories braced for losses as votes counted in England’s local elections
R ishi Sunak’s Tories are braced for a bruising set of local election results as votes continue to be counted across England. The contests were the first to be fought under new rules requiring voters to carry photographic ID, and the elections watchdog said “regrettably” some people were turned awayContinue Reading
2023-05-04
Working in an office can harm your health – depending on where it is and the length of your commute
Commuting more than five hours per week had a number of negative consequences. Tania Volosianko/ Shutterstock In the past year, a growing number of companies have asked employees to return to the office either full- or part-time after years of pandemic-induced remote working. While this is a good thing whenContinue Reading
2023-05-04
Raise a glass to your cousin, King Charles III
Millions of people around the world will be watching as Charles is crowned king of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. And it’s fair to say that a huge number of them could claim some degree of kinship with the new monarch as distant cousins at least. It’sContinue Reading
2023-05-04
Government considering paying Ukrainian refugees to return home
The Government is to explore paying social welfare to Ukrainians as a way of encouraging them to return home when the temporary protection directive ends. As the Irish Examiner reports, a paper by the Department of Justice put forward at the Cabinet committee on Ukraine outlined a number of policiesContinue Reading
2023-05-04