Hundreds of thousands of actors went on strike on 12th July, 2023, Wednesday night right at the peak of the summer blockbuster season, after talks with major studios, streaming services failed.  SAG-AFTRA, (Screen Actors Guild) union representing 160, 000 actors said “ SAG-AFTRA’s National Board has the option to call a strike if the AMPTP won’t agree on a deal that bolsters performer’s careers and ensures their profession remains one that can support a dignified livelihood”, after a month of tense failed negotiation  the actors will be joined by script writers. Actress and activist Jane Fonda who was joined by … Continue reading Hollywood actors on strike in US, Junior Doctors strike in England

Residents of  Chalcots estate, a Camden estate in London, are protesting last week after the council refused to prove that it had conducted safety tests, as they fear their flats could expose them to harmful chemicals.  Why is the HSE very quite about this, If this was a private housing they would come down like a ton of bricks. Sixty council tenants staged a protest on the Chalcots estate, the Swiss Cottage tower blocks  after being given new cladding and windows, the estate found in 2017 to be riddled with fire safety defects, triggered by Grenfell fire disaster. Hasan Shah, … Continue reading Council residents protests

The Goduria, a birthday tourist boat which overturned in a Whirlwind on Italy’s lake Maggiore, carrying 22 passengers and two crew on board, killing four people on Sunday. The dead included  Caludio Alonzi (62), Tiaziana Barnobi (53), who both worked for Italy’s intelligence service, and had gone to the lake to celebrate a birthday. The captain’s Russian wife Anay Bozhova (50) and unnamed former Israeli security forces member also died, when the boat capsized and sank off the town of Lisanza. Miraculously the captain survived the incident. Twenty people managed to swim to shore or were rescued before the bodies … Continue reading Four killed as birthday boat capsizes

The World Naked Bike Ride with a dress code “Bare As You Dare”  returns to London on June 10,2023, with the annual nude cycling event returning to protest against car culture and oil dependency. Other cities  around the world will also hold a similar event throughout the month June, American town  on June 24, Brussels on June 17. The World Naked Bike Ride London 2023 is free to join for anyone and winds its way through Clapham Junction, Croydon, Hyde Park, Regent’s Park and Tower Hill. Clapham Junction 2:30 pm assembly, 2:45p, departure, Grant Road SW11 2NU Croydon Ham assembly, … Continue reading Bare As You Dare

If Poison expires is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous? Do Twins ever realise that one of them was unplanned Which letter is silent in the word Scent the “S” or the “C” Why is the letter W in English,called double U ? Shouldn’t it be called double V? Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty? The word swims upsidedown is still swims 100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars, but today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses? If you replace W with T … Continue reading Wonder Why?