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Thriller

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Spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of West’s spy war with the Soviets Strewn across Europe, he has eyes on a more peaceful life. With his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall – unconfirmed and a little scandalous – that George Smiley might almost be happy, with some quality time with is wandering wife Anne. But when Hungarian assassin, sent to London to dispatch Laszlo Banati an émigré Magyar agent, has a sudden change of heart and switches sides, Simley is back called back to investigate to find … Continue reading Thriller

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Shifting tides of society

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A novella composed as a triptych, about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master chronicler of our heart’s hidden desires. Evelyn had the surprising thought that bodies were sometimes wiser than people inside them. She’d have like to impress somebody with this idea, but couldn’t explain it. On a Winter Saturday night in post-war Bristol, bringing to life with its docks, bombed out streets and crumbling grand houses, with ever moving sea and endless rain act as brooding backdrops and metaphors for the characters’ emotional turbulence. Sisters Moira and Evelyn, newly middle class,  their mother a … Continue reading Shifting tides of society

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Rags to Riches

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Rags to riches story of twice homeless man becoming multimillionaire entrepreneur, Dean Forbes has topped a list celebrating influential black Britons. Forbes has now been named number one on the Powerlist 2025, after being number two last year. Forbes overtak3s the place of British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful at the head of the list. Dean Forbes,  who grew up in a single-parent family on a housing estate in Lewisham living with his disabled mum, after failing to make it as a professional footballer, began his career in a call centre, but his entrepreneurial skills made him the boss of several software … Continue reading Rags to Riches

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A celebration of luxury teas – how refreshing!

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I met John Hales at The Independent Hotel Show who has put together a luxury hospitality tea programme for food service applications. This includes 15 count luxury 1 gallon iced tea bag pouches – 11 types including Long Island Strawberry and Grand Breakfast as well as Mediterranean Blue and TurmericGinger Peach. Presentation boxes, wire display racks and tea pots are all available too. Tea for hot drinks includes 24 luxury whole leaf teas in pyramid bags. Cochin Masala Chai, Blue Nile Chamomile, Cascade Peppermint and Jasmine Gold Dragon are just some of them.Details to order are above including the website. … Continue reading A celebration of luxury teas – how refreshing!

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Water Beds with Hydro massage

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Specialist treatment beds to improve health and vitality. Dayon Hydrospa – The Power of Relaxation. Combines water heat and massage – full or partial. You float weightlessly on warm water on a massage bed with the hydromassage relieving tension, promoting blood circulation and giving soothing back relief. The water is inside the mattress. There is no moisture involved. How does it work? Well it involves hydrojet technology, infrared heat of up to 50C and this serves as penetrating into tissue with an intuitive app control.Turn your energy on – Dayon Recharge – An energy booster for your cells. Over 4,400 … Continue reading Water Beds with Hydro massage

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Boarding school challenges

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Alan Hollinghurst, the Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty, bring us a “Our Evenings”. Gay life in England across the decades, from 1960s to the pandemic captured with glowing intensity through an actor’s memories. A dark luminous and wickedly funny portrait of modern England through the lens of one man’s acutely observed and often unnerving experience. It is a story of race and class, theatre and sexuality, love and the cruel shock of violence, from on the finest writers of our age. Dave Win is thirteen years old when he first goes to stay with the sponsors of … Continue reading Boarding school challenges

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Where care is in the age of sexual equality

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Over the past 60 years family life has changed dramatically with greater choice and autonomy, especially for women and a more equal domestic sphere have brought great gains for human freedom. David Goodhart, argues there have been losses and unintended consequences too – in family instability, children’s declining mental health, and ever-rising demands on the welfare state and social care system. Sharp falling birth rates also present major challenges. Especially in the bottom half of the income spectrum, the costs are now too high. The Care Dilemma argues that we need a new policy settlement that supports gender equality while … Continue reading Where care is in the age of sexual equality

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ByteDance sacks an Intern

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ByteDance, TikTok owner has sacked an intern for maliciously interfering with the training of one of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. The Chinese technology giant’s Doubao ChatGPT-like generative AI model is the China’s most popular AI Chatbot. “The individual was an intern with the advertising technology team and has no experience with the AI lab” ByteDance said in a statement. TikTok’s commercial online operations, including its large AI models, were unaffected by the intern’s actions the company added. ByteDance operates some of the world’s most popular social media apps, including TikTok and its Chinese-equivalent Douyin. It uses technology to power … Continue reading ByteDance sacks an Intern

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Son’s unique blend of financial engineering, power of optimism, daring to dream

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Masayoshi Son, as an ethnic Korean in Japan, Son has overcome adversity, born in Korean poverty and forced to pass as Japanese, driven by the need for acceptance in a famously regimented society despite discrimination to become Japan’s best-known businessman and empire-builder, but he remains elusive, intensely private figure. He had chips on his shoulders put chips in pockets. In Gambling Man, we learn what drives Son on, and whether he really is a genius or a madman. Son merely wants to show off his Japanese garden, although there are no rosebud moment, but he enigmatic as ever. SoftBank founder … Continue reading Son’s unique blend of financial engineering, power of optimism, daring to dream

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“Exercising Snacking ” is effective way to lose weight, body fat and LDL cholestrol

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Exercise snacking (Bite-size chunks of exercise) is better for weight, body fat & LDL cholesterol Exercise less but more often is the latest concept of exercise snacking” according Dr Marie Murphy at Ulster University. This concept has taken the scientific world by storm. Research has revealed that doing multiple, short bursts of exercise during the day could match the health and fitness benefits of one long session, with some studies even suggesting it could help you burn more calories and lose more weight. Dr Murphy who has been researching the concept of exercise snacking since it first emerged, explains “When … Continue reading “Exercising Snacking ” is effective way to lose weight, body fat and LDL cholestrol