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Underwear that safeguards, exposes, embarrass, excite, amuse and shame us

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Stories are woven into fabric of our most personal garments from the first loincloths to the intricate layers of shapewear. The concealed world of underwear is capable of expressing individual desire and also aspects of society at large. Undergarments both safeguards and exposes, reflecting our hopes and experiences, Underwear can embarrass and excite, amuse and shame us. In India you tighten your langoti  which translates to “tighten your loincloth” similar to English saying Grid your lions or Japanese saying Fundoshi o shimete Kakaru translates tighten your lion cloth. Freelance writer Nina Edwards sets out to explore and evaluate the purpose, style … Continue reading Underwear that safeguards, exposes, embarrass, excite, amuse and shame us

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Emergency landing for Air India Boeing 777 in Siberia

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An Air India passenger Boeing 777 aircraft AI-183 flying from New Delhi to San Francisco was forced to land in the Russian region of Siberia at the Krasnoyarsk International Airport, on 18th July 2024, after the crew detected a potential issue in the cargo hold area, after smoke detectors were activated, according to Air India, in its second such incident on the route in just over a year. The incident puts added spotlight on the embattled aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, whose aircraft was used in the flight, as several Boeing planes have been involved in air incidents in recent past. Most … Continue reading Emergency landing for Air India Boeing 777 in Siberia

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Naran will fly ultra super-rich billionaire’s car to any part of the world

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Ameerh Naran is an ambitious entrepreneur and car fanatic, currently serving as CEO of Vimana Private Jets and Naran Automotive.Zimbabwe-born Ameerh Naran (38)  to an Indian  family of shoemakers, was Harare’s first importer of sex toys. He then was going to make millions in private aviation, his planes used by celebrities, politicians and on “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”. He now spends most of his time in Dubai and London.“I’ve a rare Porsche Carrera Gt that cost me £1.5m ($1.9m)  and I keep it at the airport in Dubai” Naran said. His company  Vimana Private Jets also has offices in Los Angeles and New York. … Continue reading Naran will fly ultra super-rich billionaire’s car to any part of the world

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Astonishingly heroic woman

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On September 5 1951 Elzbieta Zawacka arrived home from her teaching job to find two officials waiting for her, Ransacking her tiny flat in Torun, northern Poland , they pounced upon a cotton-reel containing a $10 note, money she had given to her late mother who had never spent it. Owing foreign currency in communist Poland carried a 10-year prison sentence with torture.  She had already fought to defend Lvov , then a city in eastern Poland now in Ukraine and known as Lviv, from the Nazis and joined the Home Army – one of the largest resistance movement in … Continue reading Astonishingly heroic woman

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All that Glitters is not gold

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Bre-X Minerals, a Canadian mining company claimed that it had discovered a huge deposit of gold, deep in the Indonesian jungle, which triggered a scramble to invest in the firm.  But question remains about the mysterious death of  Michael de Guzman, the company’s chief geologist, as on the morning of 19 March 1997 he boarded a helicopter flight to travel to a remote jungle site in Indonesia. This journey he has previously made many times, to a place where he had reported finding huge deposits of gold. But this time he never arrived. Twenty minutes into the journey, a rear door on … Continue reading All that Glitters is not gold

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Past pains follow present pleasures: Tangled-colonial roots

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Do you cherish British countryside, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Historian and professor of colonialism and heritage at the University of Leicester, Corrine Fowler brings rural life and colonial rule together with transformative results, through ten country walks, roaming the island with varied companions. She connects the Cotswolds to Calcutta. Dolgellau to Virginia and Grasmere to Canton. Empire transformed rural lives for better and for worse, whether in Welsh sheep farms or Cornish copper mines, it offer both opportunity and exploitation. Flower shows how the booming profits of overseas colonial activities, and the select … Continue reading Past pains follow present pleasures: Tangled-colonial roots

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The Resident: Front of House team really do go above and beyond to help

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Trip Advisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform have been helping people navigate the  best hotel  from Scotland to Cornwall and location, location, is not necessarily the mantra for the best Hotel as a dull London Hotel has been voted the “best Hotel in Britain” without a restaurant, gym, or spa. Hotel preference is a matter of personal taste if Resident, Covent Garden, is the UK’s Best Hotel, Toulson Court in Scarborough is the UK’s best B&B, Brazil’s French-inspired Hotel Collins de France in Gramdao the best hotel in the world according to winners of Trip Advisor’s Annual Traveller’s Choice. … Continue reading The Resident: Front of House team really do go above and beyond to help

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Boeing loses £285m in the first Quarter

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Boeing reported a net loss of £285m ($355m) in the first quarter amid a critical crisis sparked by a mid-air blowout of one of its planes in January. The US plane maker said production on its 737 programme has slowed to below 38 aircraft per month,  as revenue dipped to eight per cent to £13.3bn ($16.6bn). Boeing which has head office in Arlington, Virginia, had faced huge backlash after part of the fuselage on an Alaska Airlines 737-9 aircraft fell off mid-air earlier in the year, triggering an emergency landing. Boeing is under investigation by the US Department of Justice … Continue reading Boeing loses £285m in the first Quarter

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How a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire

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Alex Fernandes gives an evocative account of the events leading to the fall of Portugal’s madcap democratic coup in its 50th Anniversary in The Carnal Revolution. On 25 April 1974, Lisbon, over the course of a single day, Europe’s oldest fascist regime falls.  When the Galeto snack bar in Lisbon opened in 1966 it became an institution for Lisboans, as it offered sandwiches rather than bacalhau as customers sat along the counter rather than fussy small tables. On 24, April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal’s Eurovision entry. By 6:20pm the next day, Europe’s … Continue reading How a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire

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United Airlines Boeing landed without panel in Oregon

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A 25-year-old Boeing 737-800 plane United Airlines flight 433, from San Francisco landed at the Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford, Oregon, at 11:30 (8:30GMT) on Friday, without one of its fuselage panels. The plane was carrying 139 passengers and 6 crew, landed safely as no one was injured. Boeing is under extreme scrutiny after a series of high profile safety incidents.  According to Amber Judd a senior official at Rogue Valley International Medford Airport, the plane landed safely and the external panel was only discovered missing during a post-flight inspection. The missing panel was adjacent to the landing gear, … Continue reading United Airlines Boeing landed without panel in Oregon