Weekly Rewind: January 10th, 2020

Inspect a gadget at CES 2020 Today sees the final day of the Consumer Electronics Show 2020, where hordes of brands and tech companies descend on Las Vegas to show off the cars, phones, TVs and endless other gadgets that they hope will ignite people’s imaginations. But what have been …

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What the papers say – January 10

The attention of the nation’s papers on Friday continues to be split between the ongoing royal family and Iran sagas. The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and the Daily Mirror all lead with the Queen’s rallying call for the royals to find a quick resolution to the crisis engulfing the monarchy. …

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Do the right thing, headteacher tells Ocado

Parents and pupils protest against Ocado’s plans for Bush Industrial Estate in Upper Holloway A HEADTEACHER has urged Ocado to scrap its bid to build a distribution and refuelling centre next to her primary school’s playground, as construction work on the site begins to gather pace. The food delivery giant …

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Recording the choral works of William Mathias

I had the privilege of meeting William Mathias in Bangor in 1998. I was 10 years old at the time, and a chorister at St John’s College Cambridge, directed by another eminent Welsh musician, George Guest. We were in Wales to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the translation of the …

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