The midcentury choreographer Frederick Ashton may be synonymous with ballet classicism, but his tone, “at once civilized and innocent,” the critic Edwin Denby noted, “is personal to him.” With legs seeming to spring straight from a ramrod spine and the arms alternately relaxed and tossed into the air like a …
Read More »London’s Royal Ballet Presents Dances by Frederick Ashton: Arts Intel Report
The midcentury choreographer Frederick Ashton may be synonymous with ballet classicism, but his tone, “at once civilized and innocent,” the critic Edwin Denby noted, “is personal to him.” With legs seeming to spring straight from a ramrod spine and the arms alternately relaxed and tossed into the air like a …
Read More »Boy joins Darlington gran on post round for mental health
Youngster Mason was over the moon this week when he joined his grandma Nikki Gaynor on her regular postal round in Darlington for mental health awareness week which runs until May 19. Nikki, 49, is a lead Mental Health Ambassador for Royal Mail and has for the past three years used …
Read More »‘I have this condition, and I’m owning it’: HSF’s Samantha Brown on managing mental ill health alongside a legal career
For Mental Health Awareness Week, Samantha Brown, partner and regional head of Herbert Smith Freehill’s employment, pensions, and incentives group, spoke to LB about her own experiences with anxiety and depression, lessons from returning to work after taking time off, and how attitudes and language around mental health have changed …
Read More »'Callous' identity fraudster jailed for £32,000 letterbox fraud in London | Evening Standard
Royal Mail / Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit. Anthony France … An identity fraudster who set up credit cards using post stolen from post boxes … Source link
Read More »Saturday papers: Thames Water's biggest investor writes off stake – Citywire
And Royal Mail is expected to post losses of almost £1m a day as its takeover by a Czech billionaire hangs in the balance. Source link
Read More »Friday papers: Dow index passes 40,000 for first time – Citywire
The Times: The prospect of government opposition to a proposed £3.5bn acquisition of the Royal Mail's parent company has receded after the business … Source link
Read More »Fakenham postman David Neill celebrates 40 years
Forty years later, he is still delivering letters and parcels with a big smile on his face to people in the Fakenham area. Mr Neill has worked in Binham and Bale, as well as in the Fakenham sorting office and the Hindringham round. READ MORE: Museum opens its doors in Dereham for another season …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret glow as new mothers in previously unseen photos of the royal family – which also include an ethereal portrait of Kate Middleton
Remarkable unseen photos of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as young mothers are being unveiled to the public for the very first time. The Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography exhibition, which opens today at The King’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace, showcases images including the late monarch, her sister, Princess …
Read More »What the papers say: Friday’s front pages
Immigration issues make the headlines in Friday’s papers, with plans to house asylum seekers at a site earmarked to build a prison. The Irish Times leads with their poll which shows people’s views towards immigration are hardening in the lead up to the June elections. The Irish Examiner leads with …
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