4 d. ago Fears for famous British landmark as visitor numbers plummet and losses double

The attraction reported a 10 per cent drop in visitors in the past year

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6 d. ago ‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her

The Florence + the Machine singer talks about life after devastating loss, performing with Taylor Swift and the double standards for women in musicAfter Florence Welch came close to death, she felt strongly that, more than people, she wanted to be with plants and animals. “It was a real need to be around things that couldn’t speak, but had a life force or energy to them. I found that the most healing,” she says. Since then, cats have kept coming to visit her garden. Not her cats – it is hard for her to have pets, what with all the touring – but neighbourhood cats, treating the place as if they live there. “I’m not saying anything, but more and more started coming, and foxes,” she says. She sees patterns and prescience in many things, now. “I don’t know. Or maybe I just noticed them more, because that’s what I needed to be around.”In August 2023, Welch had a miscarriage. Days later, she learned that the pregnancy had been ectopic, meaning that the f...

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7 d. ago Eden Project losses more than double as visitor numbers slump

The world-famous Eden Project was forced to axe jobs this year after a sharp drop in visitor numbers and higher labour costs saw losses more than double.

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7 d. ago Eden Project’s losses more than double as visitor numbers fall

The Cornish attraction reported a 10% drop in visitors to 543,000 over the year to March.

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1 week ago Enzo Maresca's double decision for Chelsea in Man Utd loss was 'really negative'

Chelsea were beaten 2-1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, with Enzo Maresca's decision to take off Pedro Neto in the first half coming in for criticism

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3 w. ago Sotheby’s losses more than double to $248m as art market slumps

Auction house also takes hit from hefty severance costs, despite its headcount only dropping by 24 employeesLosses at Sotheby’s auction house more than doubled last year, as the company owned by billionaire Patrick Drahi suffered from a continued slump in the art market and high severance costs.Filings from its parent company, Bidfair Luxembourg, showed losses widened significantly to $248m (£184m) over the 12 months to 2024, after losses of $106m a year earlier. Continue reading...

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