Elizabeth Holmes and the perils of the Silicon Valley culture of hubris December 17, 2021 First hubris, then nemesis. There are few stories more compelling. Icarus flies too close to the sun and falls to earth. Richard III, “determined to prove a villain” in Shakespeare’s telling, overthrows his brother, kills his nephews and dies on Bosworth Field. When Milton’s Satan rebels against God, even in failure he is unrepentant. No [...]
Crossrail 2 may already be facing delays, says Sadiq Khan January 16, 2020 Crossrail 2 may have been delayed before government approval has even been given, according to Sadiq Khan. The £41.3bn rail project – a new Tube line running from North to South London – is in limbo as it awaits for the Department for Transport (DfT) to deliberate on its business plan. Under the current funding [...]
Sadiq Khan: More Crossrail delays from coronavirus are ‘inevitable’ March 19, 2020 Sadiq Khan has said it is “inevitable” that the coronavirus outbreak will further delay the opening of Crossrail. Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild ordered all non-essential work on the new railway line to stop this week, with some employees told to work from home. The central part of the £18.25bn train line was expected to [...]
Off with its head: Globe’s Henry VIII is a raunchy mess June 1, 2022 It was during a performance of the Bard’s Henry VIII in the original Globe theatre in 1613 that a stage cannon misfired, setting alight its thatched roof and burning it down. While the new Globe’s 2022 production of this play may not feature cannon fire, plenty of surprises await, many of which would have made [...]
Musk’s Twitter takeover and the FTX collapse should end the founder cult November 22, 2022 Few would disagree that entrepreneurs and the companies they create are an essential part of any successful economy. Nevertheless, today’s excessive levels of founder adulation – call it the cult of the founder – are proving damaging in ways that are plain to see, from Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter and the spectacular collapse of [...]
TfL updates Tube map to include Crossrail stations for the first time December 5, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) has released a new Tube map for December that features several new Crossrail stations all the way out to Reading. The new map is the first to feature a section of the Elizabeth Line, which goes to Reading through Maidenhead, Slough, Langley, Burnham and Twyford. Crossrail – called TfL Rail on [...]
The London boroughs with the lowest property prices: Where is the cheapest place to buy in London in 2023? April 3, 2023 With the OBR expecting property prices to drop by 10 per cent this year, first time buyers are tentatively hoping that 2023 might be the year they can finally afford to get on the property ladder. But with London’s property market still too hot for many young buyers, where is the best borough to buy? [...]
Cocaine Bear, a drugged up warning for Netflix & co in the streaming wars December 6, 2022 Two ambulance workers rush inside a house where furniture is all over the place, and the walls are stained with blood. One of them opens a door, only to be attacked by a giant brown bear whose face is covered in – we quickly figure – human blood. These are the first 20 seconds of [...]
Crossrail opens from Reading to Paddington December 15, 2019 Commuters will now be able to travel from Reading to Paddington in 58 minutes, after a limited section of Crossrail opened yesterday. The new line, under the banner of TfL Rail, marks the largest opening of any part of the Crossrail project, which was supposed to open in December 2018. Read more: TfL updates Tube [...]
Crossrail will not open until 2021 and could run £650m over budget, bosses admit November 8, 2019 Crossrail will not open until 2021 and will run up to £650m over budget, transport bosses admitted today. The long-awaited Elizabeth Line, which was originally due to open in December 2018, will not open until “as soon as practically possible in 2021”, Transport for London (TfL) said. Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild warned technical issues [...]