Latest: Team planning to rebuild outside of King Menkaure’s pyramid in Egypt told “it’s an impossible project”

Latest: Team planning to rebuild outside of King Menkaure’s pyramid in Egypt told “it’s an impossible project”

Cairo — Just weeks after an Egyptian-Japanese archaeological team announced an ambitious project to reconstruct the outer granite casing of the pyramid of King Menkaure, the smallest of the three main pyramids at Egypt’s iconic Giza Necropolis, a committee appointed to review the plans has declared it “impossible.” Criticism and fear over the plans for … Read more

Latest: 2024 F1 season previews: How will the final season for Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes unfold?

Latest: 2024 F1 season previews: How will the final season for Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes unfold?

Let’s face it. Putting together a season preview for Mercedes in 2024 is a journey into uncharted waters. Given everything that has happened this off-season, and is set to happen at the end of the upcoming campaign. As you likely know by now, seven-time Drivers’ Champion Lewis Hamilton rocked the Formula 1 world with his … Read more

Latest Tech: First Thing: Yulia Navalnaya takes on mantle of late husband

Latest Tech: First Thing: Yulia Navalnaya takes on mantle of late husband

Good morning, Yulia Navalnaya has vowed to continue her late husband’s political work and called on Russians to rally around her to fight for a free Russia, in a powerful video address published today. The 47-year-old accused the Russian authorities of murdering her husband, hiding his body and waiting for traces of the nerve agent … Read more

Beauty News: Veronica Lake Inspired Claire Foy’s BAFTA Night Beauty

Beauty News: Veronica Lake Inspired Claire Foy’s BAFTA Night Beauty

Claire Foy brought sophisticated glamour to the BAFTAs 2024 red carpet. Wearing an embellished lace Giorgio Armani Privé dress, the star of The Crown and All of Us Strangers looked every inch the movie star, thanks to her classic hair and make-up with a modern twist. Foy’s glam team – make-up artist Kelly Cornwell and … Read more

Exclusive: New expert will champion small businesses across Government

Exclusive: New expert will champion small businesses across Government

An experienced entrepreneur has taken up a key role to promote the needs of small businesses to government and ensure suppliers seize the benefits of the Procurement Act. Shirley Cooper OBE, former chair and president of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, met Parliamentary Secretary Alex Burghart for the first time as Crown Representative … Read more

Latest: Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Latest: Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Twilight Territory, by Andrew X. Pham (Norton). Set during the Japanese occupation of Indochina and its bloody aftermath, this novel of war is nimbly embroidered with a marriage story. In 1942, a Japanese major who is posted to the fishing town of Phan Thiet falls for a Viet shopkeeper when he witnesses her excoriating a … Read more

Netflix News: Florence Pugh’s night of party-hopping! Actress leaves BAFTAs to attend Universal and Netflix bashes in plunging white dress – a year after she famously lived it up until 8.45am

Netflix News: Florence Pugh’s night of party-hopping! Actress leaves BAFTAs to attend Universal and Netflix bashes in plunging white dress – a year after she famously lived it up until 8.45am

Florence Pugh stayed true to form on Sunday night and celebrated the BAFTAs by attending the Universal and Netflix afterparties.  The Dune star, 28, looked incredible as she hopped from the Universal party held at the Nomad hotel in Covent Garden, before skipping off to the Netflix bash at the Chiltern Firehouse.  She wore a stunning … Read more