Millionaire hedge fund bosses Sir Paul Marshall and Ian Wace make £50m on coronavirus crash By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:47 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:47 GMT, 14 March 2020 Millionaire hedge fund bosses Sir Paul Marshall and Ian Wace have made more than £50million from the collapse of leisure stocks … Read more
Sir David Attenborough has warned of society’s childlike dependence on mobile phones – and told how the devices make him feel less free. The 93-year-old naturalist deplored the impact that modern technology has had on our sense of responsibility, saying it makes us less confident in our problem-solving abilities. ‘Before mobile phones, if you got … Read more
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Sir John Major urges people to ‘pick up a Trollope’ as part of campaign to boost the Victorian writers’ novels By Sebastian Shakespeare for the Daily Mail Published: 00:00 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 00:34 GMT, 11 March 2020 Fancy picking up a Trollope? Sir John Major does and is urging everyone … Read more
Talktalk founder increases his stake with a £1m share swoop sparking speculation that he may be planning a takeover bid By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:47 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 22:47 GMT, 10 March 2020 Talktalk chairman Sir Charles Dunstone (pictured, with his wife Celia) has increased his stake again … Read more
On Gary Lineker’s Twitter feed there are two notification columns. The first tells him if he has been mentioned in a tweet by people who have the verifying blue tick, or that he follows. Then there’s the second. The randoms. It can get a little lively. ‘On the occasions I’ve been tempted to look there … Read more
WPP’s sales growth dries up – hitting Sir Martin Sorrell in the pocket just as he faces a £110m divorce By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 27 February 2020 Advertising giant WPP had its worst day on the stock market in nearly 30 years … Read more
Only Fools and Horses fans are charged £255 to have a photo with Sir David Jason (and an extra £120 to get an autograph!) Donations from this event will be gifted by both the organisers and Sir David to the charity Diabetes UK The event offered attendees the chance to visit Del Boy’s old flat … Read more
Fans charged £255 to have a photo with Sir David Jason in Del Boy’s old flat (and have to fork out an extra £120 to get his autograph!) at Only Fools And Horses event in London By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 08:34 GMT, 2 March 2020 | Updated: 08:35 GMT, 2 March 2020 Only … Read more
Sir Richard Branson has unveiled his first-ever Virgin Voyages cruise ship today in Dover. The luxury 17-deck ship – Scarlet Lady – is the first of four Virgin Voyages ships that will come into service each year for the next four years. Newly-released photographs reveal some of the vessel’s standout features, including marble-clad bathrooms, spacious suites, … Read more
Paid more than the PM, it was a miracle he was still in his job: How Sir Philip Rutnam’s name has become a byword for bungled advice and toxic clashes with Ministers Top civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam, 54, sensationally quit Home Office yesterday Rutnam was paid £175,000 with gold-plated pension as Permanent Secretary However, … Read more