It's never long before the maddening refrain from the back seats. Travel_Master/Shutterstock As we approach the end of the school holidays, parents across the country are saying the same thing: “If I had a pound for every time I heard ‘are we nearly there yet?’, I’d be rich.” Having threeContinue Reading
Review at a glance T he most streamed song by the Devon trio Muse is Uprising, from 2009, a stomping rocker that trumpets the power of the masses over those that try to keep them in check. “They will not control us and we will be victorious,” sang frontman MattContinue Reading
LIVERPOOL will take on Rangers in the pick of the Champions League groups. The Reds and the Gers will also face Ajax and Napoli. Meanwhile, Barcelona take on Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and minnows Viktoria Plzen in the undoubted group of death. Chelsea will be relatively satisfied with their drawContinue Reading
Russia's oldest synagogue in Irkutsk: around 20,000 Russian Jews have left the country since the war with Ukraine started. Shutterstock It’s not the first time that Jews have felt it necessary to flee Russia, but the invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the fourth wave of exiles in the pastContinue Reading
In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over. In a New York Times opinion piece, Moynihan wrote: For 30 years theContinue Reading
L uciano Pavarotti’s daughter says she “still feels dizzy” remembering her late father’s accomplishments, as he was posthumously honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The world-famous opera singer’s daughter, Cristina Pavarotti, delivered a heartfelt speech in Italian at the event in Los Angeles on Wednesday. PavarottiContinue Reading
Eur in luck Thursday’s Champions League group-stage draw in Istanbul will only bring home to fans just how much a test of strength even only the FIRST half of the campaign is going to be. Tottenham’s return to the Euro elite will have a major knock-on effect for N17 financesContinue Reading
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted in favour of an all-out, indefinite strike after years of declining pay. This industrial action will begin in the first week of September and escalates existing instances of withdrawn labour in relation to cases funded by criminal legal aid. Nearly 80% ofContinue Reading
RISHI Sunak has sensationally accused No10 of strangling disagreement over lockdown – and admitted the government “was wrong to scare people”. The ex-Chancellor said Downing Street ignored his concerns about the havoc Covid restrictions would wreak on the economy, schools and the NHS. Rishi Sunak has sensationally accused No10 ofContinue Reading
Olena Yakobchuk/Shutterstock Many years ago, I began my PhD with the firm resolve of finding a cure for cataracts – not in several years or decades, but within the duration of my PhD. Such was my enthusiasm and naivety. Decades later, though, that dream looks as if it might comeContinue Reading
