22 h. ago Prada Spends 250 Million Pounds Buying Miu Miu Building on London’s New Bond Street

Prada Spends 250 Million Pounds Buying Miu Miu Building on London’s New Bond Street  WWD

Economics

29 h. ago Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws

Guardian analysis finds fossil-fuel and mining firms have won $92bn of public money from states, with a growing number of cases backed by financial speculatorsRead more: Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bnFinancial speculators are investing in a growing number of lawsuits against governments over environmental laws and other regulations that affect profits, often generating lucrative awards, the Guardian has found.For a long time, litigation finance thrived primarily in the realm of car crashes and employment claims. “Had an accident that wasn’t your fault?” was the industry’s billboard catchphrase, offering to finance lawsuits in exchange for a cut of any payout. Continue reading...

Economics

47 h. ago Nationwide handing out free £175 but people have just days left to claim

The high street bank gave out £385 million to customers last year through a similar scheme

Economics

5 d. ago Bethnal Green Working Men's Club: Crowdfunding campaign launched

Bethnal Green Working Men's Club: Crowdfunding campaign launched  BBC.com

Economics

9 d. ago Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club: LGBTQ+ icon launches 'Fighting Fund' to ensure survival

The fund comes as the club continues its ongoing battle to survive

Events

1 week ago Nigel Slater’s recipes for sausages with spinach and cannellini beans, and artichokes, potatoes, cheese and cider

Hearty warming dishes which make the most of the best seasonal vegThey were hidden between bouquets of parsley and coriander on the green grocer’s display. Fat bunches of true spinach so fresh they stood up by themselves, their leaves as sharp as a Stone Age arrow, tied up with rubber bands. The sort of crisp-stemmed spinach that would laugh in the face of those flabby, round-ended leaves incarcerated in cellophane at the supermarket. I bought four bunches.It was a sausage-and-beans kind of night. Fat sausages from a traditional butcher, coarse-textured and freckled with thyme and black pepper. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Archaeology breakthrough as scientists reveal Great Wall of China may be 300 years older than previously thought

Archaeologists have unearthed the 'oldest section' of the Great Wall of China

Politics

1 week ago Ed Miliband wrong to say Net Zero will boost jobs, says Tony Blair's think

Ed Miliband's plans to bet everything on green growth would be a mistake, Sir Tony Blair's think tank has warned.

Society

1 week ago Historic England acquires collection featuring some of UK’s oldest photos

Janette Rosing built up pioneering trove of 8,000 images dating back to the early days of the Industrial RevolutionSome of the oldest photographs in England which show the country’s transformation after the industrial revolution have been acquired by Historic England.Images from the Janette Rosing collection include some of the earliest landscape photography ever taken in the country, spanning the breadth of southern England from the harbours of Clovelly and Plymouth in Devon to the streets of Bethnal Green and the banks of the River Thames in London. Continue reading...

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