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In amongst all the dark clouds that have gathered over business in the UK … when Covid cases were sky-rocketing, and Royal Mail was in chaos. Source link

And perhaps that is precisely what's behind the latest news from the Royal Mail, the UK's postal service. In one of the biggest changes to its services … Source link

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James has come out of the hat and will be our reading group choice for October. This decades-spanning novel looking into the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1976 has rapidly become a modern classic. Since its publication in 2014, …

But new data from the UK's Royal Mail suggests that consumers are wising up: although online purchases have soared since the beginning of the … Source link

Piano extraordinaire, Sir Elton John is being honoured by Britain’s Royal Mint with a commemorative £1,000 gold coin paying tribute to the decorated British singer-songwriter. The coin, designed by artist Bradley Morgan Johnson, depicts the pop legend’s distinctive straw boater’s hat, and fashions his trademark glasses out of a pair …

Exhibition of the week Jon Rafman: Nine Eyes of Google Street ViewImages appropriated from Google Street View give an eerily intimate and creepily intrusive vision of life on Earth.• Sprüth Magers online until 25 July. Also showing Annie Leibovitz Photographs of a still, silent quarantine experience that are being sold …

I met my girlfriend whilst she was working at the zoo. There she was in her uniform – straightaway I knew she was a keeper. Tony Cowards (@TonyCowards) People tell me I take mini-golf too seriously, but my caddy disagrees. Glenn Moore​ (@TheNewsAtGlenn) Interesting fact: T-shirt is short for Tyrannosaurus Shirt. …

At the age of just 10, Jack Nicklaus carded 51 for the first nine holes of golf he ever played. By the time of this charming photograph at the World Match Play Championships in 1966, Nicklaus, then aged 26, had become a six-time major winner, the first man to retain …

Imagine the perils of riding a penny farthing at high speed while wearing only a crude helmet. Suffice it to say, they were known as “boneshakers” for good reason. With front wheels which measured up to two metres in diameter, skilled riders could reach speeds up to 20mph if they …

Just two weeks left of the terrific Lucian Freud self-portraits show at the Royal Academy. But fear not, Freud fans: in two years there will be a major retrospective of his work at the National Gallery. Yet to be officially announced, the exhibition will include around 70 works of the …