Sean FitzPatrick, the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, the lender that collapsed during the financial crisis, has died aged 73. A spokesman for Mr FitzPatrick’s family confirmed that he died on Monday from a cardiac arrest. Mr FitzPatrick oversaw the rise of Anglo Irish Bank from a small DublinContinue Reading

Politicism is worth chancing under Gianluca Sanna in division one of the Maiden Fillies’ Stakes over six furlongs of Newcastle tapeta today when another eight-race offers all-weather aficionados several opportunities to invest some winnings from that 16/1 ‘beaut’ in a ‘bumper’ at Sandown, Sunday. Losers are pressure whatever you mayContinue Reading

Birds-eye view of an African street packed with market stalls.

We were in Obalende: a bustling working-class neighbourhood of office buildings, shops and residential areas, on Lagos Island, Nigeria. During the day, the neighbourhood teems with small market stalls selling all manner of things, from fruit and vegetables to electronics, tailored clothes and everyday household items. In the evenings, newContinue Reading