I’d love to see a statue of Claudia Jones

Claudia Jones • I DO enjoy reading Angela Cobbinah’s British African history features, but I need to flag up a couple of points in the latest one, (If anyone deserves a statue it is Claudia, June 18). Black History Month (BHM) was introduced to London in 1987, so that’s hardly …

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Ideas Farm: The activists are back

The Covid-19 pandemic saw a temporary ceasefire from activist investors as they stepped back and allowed businesses to adjust to the acute turmoil. But now that the dust has somewhat settled, activists are once again setting their sights on companies they believe are undervalued or mismanaged – two qualities that …

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FTSE 100 clinging onto gains as sterling rallies

FTSE 100 index closes up around four points US stocks lower US weekly first-time jobless claims rose by 109,000 to 1.42mln 5.05pm: FTSE 100 closes near flat  FTSE 100 index managed to post a positive finish on Thursday despite dipping into the red just before the close as markets …

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle book will ‘settle scores’

Tell-all Harry and Meghan biography ‘will plunge relations with the Royal Family to new low’ as Palace insiders fear the couple ‘will use the book to settle scores’ Insiders believe the ‘resentful’ couple will use the biography to ‘settle scores’ Extracts from ‘Finding Freedom’ will be seen for the first …

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Geoffrey Williams – Watford Observer

Geoffrey Williams Thank you all so much for the many cards and flowers I received regarding the passing of my husband Geoffrey. It meant so much to me. Can I also say a big thank you to Ben and all the staff at The Royal Mail Watford, for the brilliant …

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Prince Harry ‘much less intelligent than’ Meghan Markle

Prince Harry ‘is less intelligent’ than Meghan Markle and ‘goes along with whatever she says’ because he’s ‘desperate to please her’, claims Lady Colin Campbell Prince Harry ‘is less intelligent’ than Meghan Markle, claims Lady Colin Campbell Jamaican-born British writer, 70, made the sensational claim to new magazine  Said the …

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