This Week’s Financial Markets November 7, 2022 | City Talk Looking back to last week, we had a busy week on the calendar. Kicking off the Central Banks was the RBA on Tuesday morning who hiked rates for the 7th consecutive meeting, by 25bps, but sparked some speculation that they could in fact end their hiking cycle earlier than expected. However, with the YoY Trimmed [...]
Château Capitoul in the Languedoc region is gorgeous in cooler months November 7, 2022 THE WEEKEND: The cooler months are the finest time to arrive in the Languedoc region of southern France. Across a cloudless sky, white storks make their long way south to soak up the sun in Kenya’s savannah lands. Below them, the grape harvest is underway, taking place in vineyards said to be the oldest in [...]
Tom Kerridge’s The Hand and Flowers Marlow offers a new Michelin-starred travel package – I tried it out November 7, 2022 Tom Kerridge’s Hand and Flowers in Marlow is the only pub in the world with two Michelin stars. That prestige is reflected in eye watering pricing. One newspaper wrote an entire article about the £33 omelette, and the steak leaves you with a fiver’s change from one hundred pounds. I visit the river after dark [...]
Last week’s mini rally a distant memory as Bitcoin and Ethereum lose ground November 7, 2022 Bitcoin price is down 2.5% from yesterday, trading for $20,773 this morning, but BTC is still holding on to a seven-day 0.7% increase.
The Hydrogen Revolution Starts Now November 7, 2022 | Sponsored Back in 2007, Jeremy Clarkson predicted that whoever leads the way when it comes to embracing hydrogen technology will be the richest person on Earth. While this was a prediction about the fuel’s applicability in automobile market, 15 years on, detailed in a report released today, his prediction now has the most potential in the [...]
TMRW Sports: Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton follow US athlete blueprint November 6, 2022 While no one can doubt the achievements of a combined eight NBA titles, 10 Grammys, 21 Olympic medals, 40 Emmys, 42 Grand Slams and 113 Formula One wins, it is away from the stages, studios and stadiums that TMRW Sports could be about to change the game following an investor announcement last week. Founded by [...]
Twitter lay-offs begin as Elon Musk warns of ‘massive drop’ in revenues November 5, 2022 Elon Musk has begun laying off thousands of Twitter workers after warning the social media company is losing more than $4m a day due to a “massive drop” in advertising revenues. The tech billionaire began pushing forwards with plans to lay off around half of Twitter’s 7,500 staff, just more than a week after completing [...]
Qatar World Cup: 700 Heathrow workers to strike causing chaos for travelling fans November 4, 2022 Qatar World Cup football fans will face disruption following the announcement of three days of strike action at Heathrow Airport. Workers on the ground at the international hub employed by Dnata and Menzies will walk out on Friday 18 November, with the tournament in the Gulf state beginning on 20 November. England’s first game is [...]
Call Jane film review: An essential education, but this film plods along November 4, 2022 In new abortion drama Call Jane, one female character ends up pregnant because she believes men can’t pull out once they’ve started having penetrative sex. Another didn’t know that standing up having sex could lead to pregnancy. Call Jane is stuffed with revealing moments about the discrimination women who needed abortions faced in the middle [...]
Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me’s Amy Trigg on self love, laughter and disabled representation November 4, 2022 This interview is part of our The Lowdown interview series. This time, we speak to Amy Trigg, the first wheelchair user to graduate from a performance course at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, about her one-woman show. WHAT’S THE LOWDOWN ON YOUR ONE-WOMAN SHOW? The show is about love in all different forms. Self love, platonic [...]