In the 1990s, it was the epitome of luxury British fashion, with its famous ‘Nova’ check being a sign of affluence and stylistic flair.
From the Sloane Rangers to the Cool Britannia bunch, anyone who was someone had their wardrobe dripping in the heritage checks of the brand once considered to be London’s version of Chanel – Burberry.
But today wearing Burberry tells a different story.
The brand’s recent financial report shows profits have slumped 40 per cent in the
Midway through the fourth quarter of a “road” game against the rival LA Clippers on Feb. 28, with the Los Angeles Lakers having cut a lead that was once as much as 21 points in the fourth quarter down to five, a question arose within the team’s player-led huddle.
Why are we running plays to have LeBron James attack a former Defensive Player of the Year in Kawhi Leonard if the Clippers are willingly switching big man Daniel Theis onto
Kathryn Tattum: All they told me when I rang up is there is a backlog. The system is so overwhelmed no one is taking responsibility
Savers who fell foul of the state pension top-ups system have accused the Government of encouraging them to make unnecessary payments, then failing to help find and refund their cash.
Untold sums of top-ups cash could be sitting in Government coffers, instead of being repaid to people who are still in the dark about what
Boobs. Baps, bosoms, jugs… norks. Coconuts, melons, puppies, the twins, the girls. Waps, tatas, cha-chas, knockers, honkers, bongos, bazookas. Obviously, I’m talking about breasts.
There are few organs – bar one or two, erm, obvious examples – that have as many nicknames or are given as much thought or airtime. Much of it relates to their sexual function.
On the flip side, it’s still pretty common to hear talk of whether or not breastfeeding, the primary purpose of breasts, is
I’m sorry you have to do this doc,’ or ‘poor you,’ are just two of the things patients commonly say to me when I carry out a rectal examination. I always smile and say something like: ‘It’s part of my job.’
Because it is. As a busy GP, I’ve done them thousands of times. I’ve had them myself. It’s nothing unusual. But patients find it difficult to speak about their genitals and, even more so it seems, their bottoms.
Society
Rowan Lascelles, if appearances and lineage were the only measure of a man, looked to have it all. A distant cousin of the King, he has a distinguished aristocratic name and an ancestral home that is one of the architectural treasures of Britain, with a world-class collection of artworks.
Almost exactly 23 years ago, Lascelles was one of 25 figures assembled in a unique photo montage created by the magazine Country Life to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s
I can’t talk about our house in the Bronx without telling you first about the pond out front. Given how much worse flooding can be elsewhere in New York City—even just two blocks to the east along the valley of Broadway, where the sewer is always at capacity—not to mention elsewhere in the world, I’m embarrassed to gripe about my personal pond. These days, such bodies of water are everywhere. Mine is not the only pond, but merely the pond
America is a riven society. Political divisions have been on the rise for years. The gap between the Republican and Democratic Parties has grown in Congress, and the share of Americans who interact with people from the opposing party has plummeted. Studies tell us, “Democrats and Republicans both say that the other party’s members are hypocritical, selfish, and closed-minded, and they are unwilling to socialize across party lines.”
Many Americans read news or get information only from sources that align
It’s widely thought that King Charles hated every moment of his five years at Gordonstoun — once nicknamed Colditz in kilts for its Spartan regime.
Anyone watching the second season of The Crown is left with the impression that as a pupil there he was bullied, then frozen to the marrow (with ice-cold showers, no central heating and windows left open in winter).
As we shall see, however, this is a fictional embellishment of what really took place while Charles
In late November, the NPR reporter Leila Fadel interviewed the international-law scholar David Crane about a disquieting subject: potential genocide in Gaza. Crane was uniquely qualified to opine on this fraught topic, having served as the founding chief prosecutor for the UN’s Special Court for Sierra Leone, where he indicted the president of Liberia for war crimes. On air, he explained why he did not think Israel’s actions met the criteria.
“If I was charged with investigating and prosecuting genocide,”
