Ben Hardy on EastEnders and his new LGBTQ film Unicorns: We’re all multi-faceted. Why stick to one label?
Forget Lemonade, Beyonce’s invested in a watermelon startup May 3, 2016 Beyonce is the latest celebrity to jump on the startup bandwagon, and is apparently crazy in love with watermelon. The superstar singer who recently released a new album called Lemonade and a new sports range called Ivy Park with Topshop, has put an undisclosed sum into World Waters which makes organic watermelon juice. “I invested in WTRMLN WTR [...]
Microsoft’s just bought successful London-based startup Swiftkey February 3, 2016 One of London's most successful startups is being acquired by Microsoft for a multi-million pound sum. Swiftkey, a keyboard app for Android and iOS smartphones powered by artificial intelligence, has been snapped up by the US tech giant for as much as $250m (£174m), reports suggest. Co-founders Jon Reynolds and Ben Medlock said in a blog post: [...]
Food is the megatrend of the future and investing in meat, pork, health foods and grains is making investors money May 26, 2016 Doom-mongers often talk of the impending explosion in the human population. There will be 9bn people on the planet by 2050, and one of the big problems will be how to feed so many mouths. “Global supply and demand is out of balance, and in a state of flux,” says Hugo Rogers of the Liontrust [...]
Scientists find genes that pave way for better health in old age December 2, 2015 For decades, the science world has been trying to unravel the genetic secrets of ageing. Now, researchers in Switzerland have taken a major step forward. They have discovered that just 30 genes, present in a wide range of species, play a key role in the ageing process, and they believe these could be manipulated in [...]
What M&S’s new boss Steve Rowe can learn from Sir Alex Ferguson about crafting a winning business January 11, 2016 "It's a bit like being asked to be England football manager… you don’t turn it down.” These were the words of one analyst when Marc Bolland, soon to be former Marks & Spencer chief executive, took the retail hot seat back in 2009. Now, like so many England managers, he departs with a sense that adversity [...]
Switzerland, UK and the Netherlands among the world’s 10 most innovative countries September 18, 2015 Switzerland has been named the most innovative country in the world is for the second year in a row. It was followed by the United Kingdom (UK), Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United States of America (USA) as the world’s five most-innovative places on the planet, according to an index published by a United Nations [...]
Discover the twin islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, where peckish golfers can tuck into local flora February 8, 2016 With its hazy azure waters lazily lapping the white-sand beaches, and sun seekers pondering which rum-based cocktail to slurp next in the penumbra of a palm tree, the West Indies remains an alluring destination to escape London’s dreary winter. But why stick with one Caribbean island when you can easily fit a couple into the [...]
Obama’s TPP free trade deal triumph could prove all too fleeting October 11, 2015 Well, he did it. Barack Obama’s presidency is ending with a bang and not a whimper. The just concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal between 12 countries ringing the Pacific Ocean amounts to the most significant free trade accord in memory. First, there is the economic heft of the signatories to consider: they account for [...]
Do aliens exist? The first traces of extraterrestrial life will be found within 10 years, says top Nasa scientist April 8, 2015 Aliens will be discovered within 10 years, and this is no joke – it is an actual prediction made by a real (and important) scientist at Nasa, the US space agency pouring its life and soul into hunting down extraterrestrial life. "I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a [...]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Q+A with Stephen Hawking and the Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger July 1, 2015 Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg often turns to Facebook (where else?) to hold Q+A sessions so those around the world can raise a question with him. Last night, though, the billionaire social network founder was joined by a line-up of star-studded questioners which included scientist Stephen Hawking, media darling Arianna Huffington and even the Terminator himself, Arnold [...]