How the downfall of NatWest boss Alison Rose over Farage and Coutts unfolded – timeline Events from first tweet by Nigel Farage to final announcement by bank chairman Howard Davies The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023
Turnbull government’s $33m grant went to company part-owned by mental health commissioner after lobbying Exclusive: Funding to Innowell in 2017 without competitive tender was for mental health app and followed months of lobbying by Prof Ian Hickie. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Hickie The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2023
Starmer says Labour doing something ‘very wrong’ after Ulez-linked Uxbridge loss Labour leader tells policy forum the party needs to learn from loss of west London seat The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2023
Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure: an ‘uncynical’ celebrity travelogue “As most of us are unlikely to be invited on holiday with Joanna Lumley any time soon, let us enjoy the next best thing,” said Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph: an ITV series in which she travels through Indonesia, Madagascar, India, Jordan and Zanzibar, tracing the history of the… The Week · Jul 13, 2023
Huw Edwards named as presenter at centre of BBC crisis Huw Edwards’s wife Vicky Flind has named him as the BBC presenter accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour. Around the same time, the Metropolitan Police said that they had no information to suggest that any criminal offence had been committed. The Week · Jul 12, 2023
Nigel Farage: was former UKIP leader cancelled by Coutts? Cancel culture, already the blight of British universities, seems to be creeping into banking, said The Daily Telegraph. The Week · Jul 8, 2023
Banksy: Cut and Run exhibition review “Love him or loathe him, it is impossible to ignore Banksy,” said Mark Brown in The Daily Telegraph. Although he himself has somehow managed to preserve his anonymity, the mysterious graffiti artist’s work has become “as recognisable (and as saleable)” as anything created by Andy Warhol or Keith Haring. The Week · Jul 7, 2023
Football rumours: Manchester United lining up bid for Rasmus Hojlund The Denmark striker is reportedly the subject of a £50m bid to move from Atalanta. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023
A Couple Has Put Sydney Luna Park On Blast For Their Fked Wedding That Involved NSW Police “They’ve destroyed it. They’ve destroyed a family,” the bride said. Pedestrian.tv · Jul 7, 2023
City A.M. managing director backs paywall option after sale The free London business newspaper was put up for sale yesterday Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2023
Titan sub: how the doomed voyage gripped the nation It’s over a century since the great ship went down, plummeting more than two miles to the depths of the North Atlantic at speeds of 50kmh or more. But our fascination with RMS Titanic shows no signs of abating, said Ed Cumming in The Daily Telegraph. The Week · Jun 30, 2023
After the downfall of Boris Johnson the liar: What next for the former PM? Rishi Sunak is hoping that, after a vote to endorse the report’s findings on Monday, he will be able to get on with the job and no longer worry about the distractions of his predecessor The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2023
Boris Johnson gets new gig as Daily Mail columnist The Daily Mail says former United Kingdom prime minister Boris Johnson will write a weekly column for the newspaper. The New Daily · Jun 16, 2023
How to boost your state pension Low-income earners or those with patchy employment records may be missing out on extra state pension payments. The Week · Jun 14, 2023
The Week · Jun 14, 2023 BYD Atto 3 review: what the car critics say Although you might not have heard of BYD (Build Your Dreams), the Chinese firm has been making EVs for years, said The Daily Telegraph. This model is the compact electric SUV with which it is aiming to enter the UK market. The car has an “ingenious” lithium iron-phosphate battery that…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023 Boris Johnson’s legacy? He has ruined Britain’s place in the world The former PM’s insistence to ‘Get Brexit Done’ is the biggest historic mistake this country has made in peacetime
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023 Why access to Tory party members is big incentive for owning Daily Telegraph Newspaper retains considerable influence among those who will shape the direction of Conservatives
The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023 Transfer rumours: Arsenal want early Declan Rice deal and Newcastle target relegated trio Joao Palhinha topping West Ham’s list of potential replacements for England midfielder.
The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023 Football rumours: Arsenal want to have Declan Rice deal done ahead of pre-season Joao Palhinha topping West Ham’s list of potential replacements for England midfielder.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023 How the Barclay empire lost its grip on the Daily Telegraph Lost control of media assets over near £1bn debt gives lesson in perils of borrowing too much to expand
The Week · Jun 8, 2023 Inheritance: why are Tories taking on the death tax? “Few items of public policy raise the public’s hackles quite like inheritance tax,” said John Ashmore on CapX.
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023 Football rumours: Tottenham eye move for Harry Maguire in bid to keep Harry Kane Captain among eight players poised to leave Manchester United.
The Week · Jun 5, 2023 Trip of the week: a road trip around Tasmania Tasmania is only about the size of Ireland, but it packs in an awful lot of scenery, said James Stewart in The Daily Telegraph. The east coast is “scalloped by astonishing beaches and lapped by sea the colour of kingfishers”; the west is “like Scotland on steroids”; and the land…
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023 Football rumours: Manchester City look to tie down Erling Haaland to new deal Manchester United prepare Mason Mount bid as Harry Kane pursuit looking ‘unlikely’.
The Week · May 25, 2023 Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight review In a 2006 interview to celebrate receiving his CBE, Rolf Harris was asked why he was so popular. “I guess it’s because I’m real,” said the entertainer, whose death aged 93 was reported this week. “I’m not putting over a huge, phoney facade. The bloke you see up on the…