Ben Stokes What a cricketer Ben Stokes has become | Coffee HouseThe Spectator - Alex MassieThe Oval, 1902. Headingley 1981. Melbourne 1982. Edgbaston 2005. And now Headingley 2019. Move over Sir Ian Botham, you’ve got company and there’s a new king in the north. This astonishing, heart-stopping,
Play buttonBen Stokes Ben Stokes inspires England to sensational third Test win over AustraliaThe Guardian - Vic Marks at HeadingleyHeadingley 1981 was a foregone conclusion compared with this. So, too, the World Cup final in July, as Ian Botham’s incredible exploits of 38 years ago have been matched, maybe surpassed. But on a day
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Finance The biggest cryptocurrency scams and arrests of 2019 so farBusiness Insider - Sophia Ankel, Prabhjote Gill, Business Insider IndiaFor fraudsters and cybercriminals, 2019 has been a big year. According to a report by CipherTrace, since January $4.26 billion in total has been stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges, investors and users.
Social Work ‘Was this all my fault?’: Lemn Sissay's painful yet hope-filled memoirThe Guardian - Lemn SissayLemn Sissay, one of our best-loved poets, was fostered as a baby. Now he’s written a lyrical memoir describing his experiences Lemn Sissay, poet, performer and chancellor at the University of Manchester,
Téa Obreht: ‘In America, we make progress, then revert in horrific ways'The Guardian - Joanna ScuttsHow do you disrupt the mythology of the American west, with its campfires and cowboys, and its spirit of masculine self-reliance? If you’re Téa Obreht, you add creatures – and people – who belong to the
What a performance from @rach_choong and @becky_badminton in Basel to claim @BadmintonEnglnd's first gold medal of the Worldtwitter.com
Peaky Blinders The Peaky Blinders cult is another sign of our discontented timesThe Guardian - Stuart JeffriesYears ago a kangaroo escaped from Dudley zoo. That’ll put Dudley on the map, mused locals laconically. History doesn’t record whether the animal was recaptured or whether, as a beautiful dream once suggested
Culture Buying Greenland? That's Nothing To Gabriel García MárquezNPR - Nina MartyrisWhen President Donald Trump declared that he wanted to buy Greenland, reactions turned swiftly from hilarity — he can't be serious — to appalled embarrassment when it became clear that he was. In the of
Saudi Arabia Venture capitalists are grappling with Saudi money in techBusiness Insider - Megan HernbrothThe tech startups that presented their products at this year's Y Combinator Demo Day event in San Francisco had clever solutions to improve everything from healthcare to video games. But one thorny problem
Michael Rosen: ‘If I hadn’t written poems about my son Eddie, I might have lost those memories’The Guardian - Michael RosenThe book I am currently reading Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War by Tim Bouverie. My family were very active in the fight against fascists in Britain. Growing up, I was always
Traders have poured a record amount of money into bonds over the past 3 months — and it shows just how worried they are aBusiness Insider - Carmen Reinicke• Investors have poured a record $155 billion into bond funds over the last three months.• Since much of this activity has been in the form of sovereign debt purchases, it shows investors are seeking
Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank pays SEC $16 million over "princeling" hiresQuartz - Mary HuiOne contender for a job at Deutsche Bank was described as “an average-level candidate based on the interviews but failed 2 tests which means she is not good at analysis.” She was hired anyway. Her father
Green Bonds Ever Thought Of A 100-Year Green Bond? French Railway Firm Is Pitching The World's FirstForbes - Gaurav SharmaI cover commodities, mostly oil & gas, often debunking risk premiums. French national railway network operator Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Réseau (SNCF Réseau) has launched the world's first green
Credit Suisse Tidjane Thiam’s overhaul of Credit Suisse is paying offThe Economist TIDJANE THIAM is not the first non-Swiss chief executive of Credit Suisse. His American predecessor, Brady Dougan, held the job for eight years. But …
Paralympics Para-canoe World Championships: Emma Wiggs secures emotional goldbbc.co.uk - By Nick HopeBritain's Emma Wiggs successfully defended her Para-canoe VL2 200m world title with a dominant and emotional victory in Szeged, Hungary. Wiggs, 39, had surgery on her right wrist after a training injury
Dressage European Para-dressage Championships: Sophie Wells claims silver in Rotterdambbc.co.ukSophie Wells has claimed Britain's second medal of the European Championships - a silver in the Para-dressage Grade V freestyle event. The triple Paralympic champion, 29, scored 75.595% on her horse C
Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte Is a Fantastical Dream Within a DreamTIME - Nicholas MancusiQuichotte, the Booker Prize long-listed 14th novel from Salman Rushdie, is pitched as a “Don Quixote for the modern age,” but the book–a brilliant, funny, world-encompassing wonder–is a far more ambitious
Venice Venice is flooded with tourists—visit these floating cities insteadNational Geographic - Caitlin EthertonThese historic harbors rival Italy's "City of Canals." Here's how to see them responsibly. Venice has captured travelers’ hearts for hundreds of years. An artistic and architectural masterpiece, this on
Today in 1914, the first British Army officer was killed in WW1. George Masterman Thompson, an Indian born Englishman, intwitter.com
WeWork WeWork's $47 billion private valuation could imperil its IPOBusiness Insider - Troy WolvertonIt hasn't been a great year for unicorns. It could be an even worse one for WeWork. Unicorns is the term used for startups with private valuations north of $1 billion. Some of the most highly valued among
Slavery A rare anti-slavery painting from 1800 shows the power of a political logoQuartz - Adam RasmiConservationists at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, UK are restoring a rare painting featuring a famous image that served as an early logo in support of a political cause—the abolition the
Bond Markets Guggenheim's Scott Minerd warns world bond markets are in a 'bubble'Reuters India - By Jennifer Ablan(Reuters) - The bond market is in a "bubble," particularly sovereign debt, Guggenheim Partners global chief investment officer Scott Minerd warned on Thursday, and he said that efforts by the Federal to
Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei cites change in German attitudes as reason for move to UKThe Guardian - Reuters in BerlinThe Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is swapping his adopted home of Berlin for Britain, saying German society has become intolerant of refugees and that he feels like a man without a home. The is
Alibaba is reportedly delaying its multibillion-dollar Hong Kong IPO due to massive protests throughout the city (BABA)Business Insider - Daniel Strauss• Alibaba will reportedly postpone its multibillion-dolllar Hong Kong initial public offering due to rising political instability and protests within the city, according to Reuters.• The deal was originally
Hedge funds have already seen nearly $20 billion more in outflows this year than in all of 2018Business Insider - Ben Winck• Hedge funds have already seen $20 billion more in outflows this year compared to 2018 as investors seek lower fees and better performance, Bloomberg reported.• The funds lost $8.4 billion from investor
HSBC Banks condemn Hong Kong violence in newspaper advertsBBC NewsHSBC and Standard Chartered have taken out newspaper adverts in Hong Kong condemning the violence in the Asian financial hub. In the adverts, the banks also called for a peaceful resolution after more
Bond Markets The Japanification of bond marketsThe Economist IN THE 1920S E.M. Forster, an English novelist, set out the difference between a story and a plot. “The king died and then the queen died” is a …
Free, I want to be free. New digital currencies could affect asset prices and central bank policiesaberdeenstandard.com During August many families travel on holiday to far flung climes. When they arrive, how will they buy their tourist souvenirs? Today it might be …
Brexit Exodus from UK assets gains pace as Brexit loomsfunds-europe.com - By Alex Rolandi Global investors shunned UK assets in July as the possibility of a hard Brexit increased following the rise to power of Boris Johnson as the UK’s …
