It has been half a century since one of the most extraordinary royal moments of the modern era – a terrifying episode in which a demented gunman tried to kidnap Princess Anne. Twenty three-year-old Anne and her new husband Captain Mark Phillips were being driven down The Mall to Buckingham Palace when, on the …
Read More »The Broad Axe Falls — Granville v. LG | Advisories
One of the very few UK cartel damages judgments was recently handed down in Granville Technology Group Limited and Others v. LG Display Co. Ltd. and Others [2024] EWHC 13 (Comm) (Granville v. LG). The judgment demonstrates the UK courts’ evolving approach to deciding follow-on damages claims, particularly with regard …
Read More »Holyhead RNLI is fundraising for RNLI
Holyhead is one of the three oldest lifeboat stations on the Welsh coast and has a remarkable history of bravery with 70 awards for gallantry. Today, the station operates both an all-weather Severn class lifeboat and an inshore D class lifeboat. The average lifeboat station in Wales costs £155,000 to …
Read More »Russia wades into Kate Middleton photo-editing gaffe and bizarrely links royal ‘photomontages’ to its claims that Britain ‘concocted’ Novichok poisoning of spy Sergei Skripal
Top Russian officials have weighed in on the Kate Middleton photo editing saga after the foreign ministry hit out at UK diplomats for ‘meddling’ in Putin’s presidential elections with pro-Ukraine social media posts. Senior Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova waded into speculation over discord in the royal family and …
Read More »Opinion: The Great Katespiracy: Silence is a royal tradition, unless you’re a woman today
Eleanor Herman is the author of Sex with Kings, Sex with the Queen, and Off With Her Head: 3,000 Years of Demonizing Women in Power. Open this photo in gallery: Kate, Princess of Wales, departs Westminster Abbey after the coronation ceremony in London, May 6, 2023.Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press The …
Read More »The historical scene James Cameron wishes he have made
(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Wed 20 March 2024 18:45, UK There are few movies in the rich history of cinema that possess a cultural impact quite like James Cameron‘s 1997 romantic disaster movie Titanic. A true monolith of American film, Titanic details the ill-fated journey the RMS Titanic made in 1912 …
Read More »Rail and Royal Mail workers strike as action intensifies
Commuters face a second day of severe rail disruption on Wednesday as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are joined in walkouts by Royal Mail workers, and nurses prepare to take unprecedented industrial action. As on the first day of the 48-hour strike, around half of Britain’s …
Read More »Another Royal Navy nuclear sub is spotted in Scotland a day after HMS Vengeance returned from its epic 201-day mission under the sea
As the old saying goes, you wait ages for a bus and then two come along at once. Well, perhaps now the same can be said for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines. Because just two days after HMS Vengeance made her triumphant return home after an epic 201 days underwater, …
Read More »‘I’m 52 years old and my hair has never looked better
Hair uses an amalgamation of proteins and fats as its building blocks, so when reserves decline, so does the quality of our locks. The internet is brimming with quick-fix solutions to these problems, but the most noticeable changes come with an unwavering commitment to a healthy lifestyle. Annamaria Kalebic, a …
Read More »Royal Mail increasing stamp prices as Martin Lewis shares ‘effective’ cost-saving tip
The prices of first-class second-class stamps are rising next month, as money saving expert Martin Lewis shared an “effective tactic” in spreading costs. From Tuesday, April 2, the price of first-class stamps will increase by 8% as part of inflation. In total, there will be a price rise for first-class …
Read More »