BOOK OF THE WEEK THE WELL-GARDENED MIND by Sue Stuart-Smith (William Collins £20, 352pp) Back in 1915 Alexander Douglas Gillespie, an officer with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, wrote a letter home from the battlefields of Northern France. He told how ‘a big shell suddenly swooped down from nowhere into the trench, killing five and … Read more
Shares in troubled Amigo Holdings plunge to a record low as customer complaints flood in By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56 BST, 22 June 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 22 June 2020 Shares in troubled Amigo Holdings have plunged to a record low as customer complaints flood in. The controversial lender, dubbed … Read more
Soul Boy – Our Lives Rating: Men At The Barre – Inside The Royal Ballet Rating: When it comes to dance, every bloke is either a Baryshnikov or an Ed Balls, an athletic paragon or a Strictly heffalump. At any wedding disco, I resemble a broken Meccano kit with joints spinning in odd directions. That … Read more
Tullow Oil’s shares are so easily rattled these days that a trading update with few real surprises sent it plunging into the red. Scrapped exploration projects, a lower assumption about what oil prices will be in the long term and a re-evaluation of how much oil is at some of its sites in Ghana mean … Read more
The death of 46-year-old celebrity stylist Jo Ferguson on Wednesday of suspected liver and kidney failure has shocked many in Australia’s media and entertainment industries. For while the socialite had quit the Sydney party scene and moved to Adelaide in recent years, many still remembered her from her days as regular fixture of Sydney’s party … Read more
Travelex owner Finablr dumped by auditor after troubled finance company rocked by scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:09 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 30 March 2020 Travelex owner Finablr has been dumped by its auditor after the troubled finance company was rocked by scandal. Ernst & Young (EY) … Read more
Mama June has not been returning the many phone calls made by her worried daughters. That is what 20-year-old Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon confessed during a teaser for the new WeTV show Mama June: Family Crisis, which will debut on Friday. The 40-year-old ‘Mama June’ Shannon has not been spending time with her children ever since … Read more
A High Court judge yesterday brought the curtain down on a controversial theatre investment company backed by former BBC boss Lord Grade and the Duchess of York. A bitter court dispute – which saw the Conservative peer forced to defend his own company after his lawyers quit – laid bare allegations that Grade and other directors … Read more
Labour leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy says she was ‘troubled’ by anti-racism campaigner Trevor Phillips’ comments on Islam after he was suspended from party for ‘Islamophobic’ views on Asian grooming gangs Trevor Phillips was suspended from Labour over allegations of Islamophobia He rejected allegations and is urging Labour leadership challengers to back him Lisa Nandy said … Read more