The office needs to be completely re-imagined March 28, 2021 Imagine this. Your alarm goes off slightly earlier than usual, it’s Tuesday; office day. You look forward to putting on properly fitted clothing – especially on your bottom half. The commute is no longer the daily draining slog it once was, but a novelty you enjoy – a time to listen to that podcast and [...]
Cupboard Love: Clever cooking for an isolated population March 25, 2020 In the first part of a new series on economical home cooking, top chef Mark Hix demolishes a whole duck. I’ve written a few times about people buying too much food, not looking after it in the fridge, and it consequently ending up in the bin. I’ve also written many times about getting the most [...]
Youtube to ban dangerous prank videos inspired by Netflix’s Bird Box January 16, 2019 Youtube has said it will ban videos that contain dangerous or emotionally distressing "pranks", after a person crashed his car attempting to complete an online challenge inspired by Netflix's Bird Box. In an update posted to its support site, Youtube said it had updated its external guidelines "to make it clear that challenges like the [...]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ new song Wild God is a song of planetary importance March 12, 2024 With the release of Wild Gods, Nick Cave is surpassing even Dylan and Cohen, entering some new circle of higher life all his own.
Bitcoin steadies in the water as global markets continue to look fearful September 13, 2021 Bitcoin continues to hold steady around the $45k level this morning, where it traded for most of the weekend.
Private equity is not the enemy — it’s what powers businesses to be a force for good November 2, 2020 It should come as no surprise that 280 characters are not enough to form a well thought-out and nuanced argument. And yet, this doesn’t seem to deter the swathes of Twitterati sensationalists from jumping on the bandwagon of “outrage culture”, calling for boycotts of companies that appear to make the slightest error — such as [...]
London vaccine race: NHS crackdown on clinics allowing second dose queue-jumping July 7, 2021 London vaccine race: NHS crackdown on clinics allowing second dose queue-jumping
Disney doubles down on streaming as it keeps a lid on losses November 13, 2020 Disney has said its nascent streaming service is key to the future success of its business after the media giant swung to its first annual loss in four decades. The House of Mouse today said it had racked up almost 74m paid subscribers for its Disney Plus platform, which launched in the UK on the [...]
Bitcoin edges closer to $50k as Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin makes Time September 16, 2021 Bitcoin is back above $48k again this morning, as bulls eye another chance to creep over the psychologically-important $50k mark.
Solana outage fixed as wider cryptocurrency market recovers September 15, 2021 Bitcoin continues its recovery after last week’s crash, currently sitting at more than $47,000 for the first time in five days.