Shakespeare’s romantic tragedies

The New York Times bestseller is Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 1926 Shanghai that hums to the tune of debauchery, similar top her first novel  (Immortal Longings by Hodderscape, £18.99) which is also based on another Shakespeare’s romantic tragedies, Anthony and Cleopatra. These Violent Delights is in twin cities San-Er in the Kingdom of Talin, where a gladiatorial death match is held annually, with great riches awarded to the last contestant standing. Princess Calla Tuoleimi enters the game in the hope that, if she wins, she will get close enough to her reclusive uncle … Continue reading Shakespeare’s romantic tragedies

” Any Wear, Anywhere” rent your clothes to travel light

Japan Airlines is offering the ultimate chance to travel extra light, pack your undies and toothbrush but rent all  your clothes on arrival to Japan  and ditch the bulky suitcases, under a year-long experiment. Under the scheme  a potential visitor  to Japan  flying JAL, Japanese Airline, can rent outfits by season, size, colour scheme and use for two weeks by reserving up to a month in advance. According to JAL rental clothes  will be delivered to a hotel or accommodation ahead of arrival and collected at the end of the visit to be dry cleaned and recycle. A woman travelling … Continue reading ” Any Wear, Anywhere” rent your clothes to travel light

Council residents protests

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

Four killed as birthday boat capsizes

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

Bare As You Dare

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

Wonder Why?

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?

India’s economy set to overtake Germany and Japan

Emerging superpower India, now the world’s fifth largest economy, is set to overtake Germany and Japan as the third largest economy. India last month overtook China as the world’s most populous country, with a population the UN estimates will reach 1.428bn by next couple of months. India might profit from the demographic dividend of its still youthful population at a time of global business’s post-pandemic realignment of supply chains away from China.  During its G20 presidency, Modi’s government has championed the notion that India’s moment as a leading world economy has arrived. The critics, however, point out that India has … Continue reading India’s economy set to overtake Germany and Japan