Monthly Archives: February 2017

“You had to be rich, thin and beautiful. You didn’t have a job because you had to spend nights in clubs and bars, and would never have made it into the office the next day. “You never got upset, you had rich boyfriends, and lived a fairytale life.” “You were socially aspirational, often quite posh […]

But have his off-screen actions since done damage to his brand? “Some of the recent headlines have been unhelpful,” admits Mark Borkowski, a strategic PR consultant. “There are events that happen and they’re not thought-through properly, and the nature of being caught up with Taylor Swift’s gang and not thinking it through strategically has undone […]

If youd like a vivid glimpse at black history, look no further than W.E.B. Du Boiss striking, hand-drawn illustrations about black life in America after the end of slavery. Du Bois created well over 60 infographics that displayed a rich amount of data (compiled by Atlanta University) that tracked everything from the amount of property […]

Cast of ‘Star Trek Deep Space Nine’Image: BEI/BEI/Shutterstock Its finally time to go deep on Deep Space Nine. In the Star Trek universe, Deep Space Nine is not necessarily one of its brightest stars. Not because the show wasnt as good, interesting or long-lived as the others (it ran seven seasons from 1993-1999), but because […]

Diverting patients from A&E In May last year, the A&E department at Queen’s Hospital, Romford, Essex, started a six-week trial to divert patients away from the department. Patients that attended A&E would be seen as soon as they walked into the department by either a consultant or a GP. “The doctors would review them, and […]

(CNN)Trapped beneath his 3-ton excavator in a watery pit, Daniel Miller survived by a nose. The Australian man spent hours contorting his body to keep his head barely above the muddy water before rescue teams arrived to free him. It happened Tuesday when Miller, 45, was riding his excavator around his property 180 miles north […]

Dana Nuccitelli: House Republicans are explicitly saying that protecting public and environmental health isnt worth a few jobs or a small cost. House Republicans have introduced 114 co-sponsors (all Republicans), would revise the Clean Air Act such that: The term air pollutant does not include carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or […]

The lean-in variety of feminism wont defeat this administration, but a mobilization of the 99% will. On 8 March we will take to the streets The massive womens marches of 21 January may mark the beginning of a new wave of militant feminist struggle. But what exactly will be its focus? In our view, it […]

You wont convince many BVB fans that Leipzig are good for football but on a tempestuous night at the Westfalenstadion they were good for their team Die Gelbe Wand, the famous yellow wall, is never less than vocal but on Saturday it spoke loudest without the aid of air or lungs. As their Borussia Dortmund […]

Media captionFootage shows the hamster, named Mr Chow, drinking Tizer from a water bottle A pet owner who fed cannabis and a soft drink spiked with LSD to his hamster has been jailed. Nchinumya Ntembe, 22, poured Tizer laced with the hallucinogenic into a water bottle and fed marijuana leaves to the rodent, named Mr […]