20 h. ago UN distances itself from International Women’s Day website winning corporate partnerships

Sainsbury’s, Barclays and University College London have all drawn on themes created by IWD site run by London business with no link to UNNobody owns International Women’s Day, but if you asked the 193 countries, countless businesses and NGOs that mark it each year, they would probably agree it has been popularised, defined and formalised by the United Nations.The owner of the website “internationalwomensday.com”, a London-based marketing firm, disagrees. By selling merchandise, promoting a £160 lunch to awaken attenders’ “inner goddess” and creating a series of corporate partnerships, it has also seeded its annual themes with British brands and institutions that appear to have mistaken the site for the UN, the Guardian can reveal. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Dinesh Karthik appointed London Spirit mentor and batting coach

Dinesh Karthik appointed London Spirit mentor and batting coach  ESPN

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9 d. ago Dinesh Karthik links up with London Spirit as part of support staff

Dinesh Karthik links up with London Spirit as part of support staff  Cricbuzz.com

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1 week ago Watch: Tottenham and Arsenal loan stars combine for wonder goal in Bundesliga

North London rivals link up to sublime effect in thrilling showdown

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1 week ago Middletons en masse! Kate's proud parents Carole and Michael make festive appearance at Princess' Christmas concert, along with supportive sibling James

The Princess of Wales ' family were truly in the holiday spirit as they arrived to support Kate at her annual Christmas Carol service at Westminster Abbey this evening.

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2 w. ago 'Peaky Blinders' Travels, Fox Is Link for UK Series: Content London

'Peaky Blinders' Travels, Fox Is Link for UK Series: Content London  The Hollywood Reporter

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2 w. ago Confirmed: Sony A7V preorder links will go live at 2pm London time (9am New York)

Confirmed: Sony A7V preorder links will go live at 2pm London time (9am New York)  SonyAlphaRumors

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2 w. ago Is it true that a glass of wine a day is good for your heart?

Moderate wine consumption may benefit your cardiac health, but foods such as grapes and berries offer similar advantages without the negative effects “People shouldn’t think that drinking wine is good for you,” says Dr Oliver Guttmann, a consultant cardiologist at the Wellington hospital in London.Alcohol consumption is linked to high blood pressure, liver disease, digestive, mental health and immune system problems, as well as cancer. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago London’s ‘langoustine lifter’ linked to raids on other top restaurants and florist

The woman was first caught on camera stealing a box of langoustines from Michelin-starred Elystan Street in Chelsea

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2 w. ago The 'disgraceful atrocity' of a train station putting people off coming to Wales' oldest town

Carmarthen serves as a key link between London, Cardiff and Swansea and the beauty of west Wales, but complaints have been made about the 'unacceptable' current state of the town's train station

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3 w. ago ‘Our underachieving careers make the friendship easier’: Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater on Blue Moon and their 32

As they launch their 10th film together, the actor and director look back on how their stellar careers have progressed in tandem, through co-stars’ addictions and Hollywood pressures‘I like this, it’s good,” Ethan Hawke tells Richard Linklater, midway through a lively digression that has already hopped from politics to the Beatles to the late films of John Huston. “What’s good?” asks Linklater. “All of this,” says Hawke, by which he means the London hotel suite with its coffee table, couch and matching upholstered armchairs; the whole chilly machinery of the international press junket. “I like that we get to spend a couple of days in a room,” he says. “It feels like a continuation of the same conversation we’ve been having for the past 32 years.”It’s all about the conversation with Linklater and Hawke. The two men like to talk; often the talk sparks a film. The director and actor first met backstage at a play in 1993 (“Sophistry, by Jon Marc Sherman,” says Linklater) and wound up ch...

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3 w. ago ‘It felt dangerous. You got naggy’: Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater on power, combovers and Blue Moon

Ahead of their 11th movie together, the actor and director discuss musicals, the legacy of Philip Seymour Hoffman and what being bald and 5ft tall does to your flirting skills ‘I like this, it’s good,” Ethan Hawke tells Richard Linklater, midway through a lively digression that has already hopped from politics to the Beatles to the late films of John Huston. “What’s good?” asks Linklater. “All of this,” says Hawke, by which he means the London hotel suite with its coffee table, couch and matching upholstered armchairs; the whole chilly machinery of the international press junket. “I like that we get to spend a couple of days in a room,” he says. “It feels like a continuation of the same conversation we’ve been having for the past 32 years.”It’s all about the conversation with Linklater and Hawke. The two men like to talk; often the talk sparks a film. The director and actor first met backstage at a play in 1993 (“Sophistry, by Jon Marc Sherman,” says Linklater) and wound up chatting...

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3 w. ago eXmoor Pharma and Royal Free London link to strengthen UK gene therapy manufacturing pathway

eXmoor Pharma and Royal Free London link to strengthen UK gene therapy manufacturing pathway  PharmaTimes

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4 w. ago Huge London transport project gets green light as Rachel Reeves backs £1.7bn DLR extension to Thamesmead

Rachel Reeves to back £1.7bn rail link - the first to the south-east London area earmarked as a new town

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4 w. ago Chancellor gives green light for DLR extension to Thamesmead in homes and jobs boost for London

Rachel Reeves to back £1.7bn rail link - the first to the south-east London area earmarked as a new town

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4 w. ago A12 closure LIVE: Crash shuts major road linking London and Essex with closure expected through evening

The A12 is currently completely closed between junction 15 at Margaretting and junction 12 for Ingatestone

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4 w. ago A12 closure LIVE: Crash shuts major road linking London and Essex with traffic queuing to the M25

The A12 is currently completely closed between junction 15 at Margaretting and junction 12 for Ingatestone

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