Adoption of financially inclusive DeFi November 30, 2023 Kurt Nielsen President of Partisia Blockchain on driving adoption of DeFi and its role in bringing financial inclusion to the world.
The Notebook: Susannah Streeter on how Charlie Munger shaped Berkshire Hathaway December 5, 2023 Susannah Streeter, head of markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, on Charlie Munger's legacy, the gender investment gap and Apple Watch validation.
Taking sporting images is an art, but anyone can try August 5, 2023 That irritatingly obnoxious phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” gets bounded about as if a drunk selfie or edgy picture of the Shard is worth the same interest as Alberto Korda’s snap of Che Guevara or the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper”. Photography is damn hard, and capturing the various moving elements of [...]
American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis reveals he was groomed as a teenager; praises Morrissey, Elon Musk and Kanye February 6, 2023 American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis has revealed he was groomed as a teenager by a movie producer who said he would help to launch the author’s film career. Speaking at a book reading and interview at the Southbank Centre, the 58-year-old said the experience “toughened” him and that he never considered reporting the incident [...]
New Year’s Eve in London: where to celebrate December 28, 2023 The pubs, bars and restaurants in London to celebrate New Year's Eve
Bret Easton Ellis at the Southbank Centre this week: How to get tickets January 30, 2023 Bret Easton Ellis has been getting cancelled since long before the phrase “cancel culture” existed. His third novel, American Psycho, was so controversial it was dropped at the eleventh hour by his publisher and was subsequently sold shrink-wrapped in some countries. Then, in 2019, he published White, a meandering series of essays targeting things like [...]
Mitie Group: Acquisition spree helps company to bumper growth July 23, 2024 The revenue haul, which totalled £1.16bn, represented a 10.5 per cent year-on-year increase and came alongside a number of major contract wins.
Top cyber firm opens headquarters in City to ‘safeguard’ digital UK October 3, 2023 Global cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has unveiled its new headquarters at the centre of London’s financial district. The American firm is opening a new office in 22 Bishopsgate, the City’s second highest building after the Shard, to create nearly 500 new jobs and “safeguard the UK’s digital future”. The rapid widespread adoption of new [...]
Listed company TClarke behind Theatreland’s stage lights to go private April 17, 2024 TClarke, the London-headquartered firm which powered the world’s first electrically lit building - the Savoy Theatre - is to head into private hands.
England’s Ashes nemesis joins The Hundred draft (if anyone wants him this time) March 5, 2024 Warner also pulled out of his contract for the 2021 edition of The Hundred.