Laurence Inman has some advice for Team GB
Laurence Inman has some advice for TEAM GB…..
The Great Olympic Ticket Giveaway
Steve Beauchampé offers a partial solution to unsold seats at the Olympic Football Tournament.
Screengrab: Midnight Gold, de Niro And the Odd T-Rex Or Two
BBC 1 is showing 16 hours straight of The Games. But, says RICHARD LUTZ, there are still good films about on the tv.
Syria Goes for Gold in the Olympics
Howard Elston, our sport correspondent, reveals how fighting fit Syria will work hard for victory in the London 2012 Games
Laurence Inman’s Olympic effort
Laurence Inman has been away – not so far from Olympia – and returns to find he should have stayed there.
In the Summertime…
…don’t drink if you’re driving is the warning from local police.
Call to ban race-hate group’s demonstration
A senior Labour councillor is calling for a demonstration In Walsall by the far-right, English Defence League to be banned by the Home Secretary.
Howard Elston Reveals The Olympic Games’ TV Schedules
Howard Elston (OBE, DOA), our guest tv specialist, gives us the best on the box in the run up to The Great UK British Olympic Games held in London, England Monday: BBC1: 19.00- The History of The Games narrated by Sir Brad Wiggins. How Britain and the BBC, host to this year’s Games, played…
Screengrab: Is This The Best Week Ever for Movies on TV?
Never start a story with a question as a headline. That’s the ironclad law when I was a cub reporter around the time of the Mongol Horde invasions across Europe.
Peace In Our Time : Army to ‘Take Over The UK After The Olympics’
Our security correspondent HOWARD ELSTON (OBE, DOA) unveils new plans to run Britain after The Olympics.
Being a member of the public in The Public
If you are wondering what to do with children over the school holidays – as the heavens open and the downpour continues – then make your way to West Bromwich and visit The Public.
Donkey for a day
Store manager spends 24 hours as a donkey for local charity
Screengrab: How Sean Connery Kicked Off a New Hollywood Genre
Screengrab: Richard Lutz checks out Sean Connery in a surveillance classic that started a major genre in Hollywood films
Libor Pains…and Other Stories
We have all become too desensitised to the Libor scandal. It will down us.
Another Elston Scoop: Syrian Hardman to Police The Olympics
Howard Elston (OBE, DOA) interviews secret Olympic sources to find out how the Games will be made secure following the G4S fiasco that left our very national safety at risk.
The biggest philanthropic gift for undergraduate financial support in European history
The biggest philanthropic gift for undergraduate financial support in European history will underpin a major new scholarship programme at the University of Oxford
West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Palestine rights campaign calls for G4S to be barred from West Midlands Police services contract
More complaints than ever, but complaining should be easier, says Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reveals that a record number of enquiries were received in the last year from people needing help with their complaint.
West Midlands people invited to have their say in prioritising dementia research
A leading dementia support and research charity is inviting members of the public, professionals and people affected by the condition to help shape the future of dementia research.
Wasting Police Time
Dave Woodhall looks at last week’s dramatic Megabus incident.
“Do teams really work in business?”, asks Dr Mark de Rond
An acknowledged expert on strategy and organisation is advising that the business world might be better off avoiding teams because they are very difficult to manage successfully.
Screengrab: Before Butch
Richard Lutz asks: “Breathes there a man with soul so dead who hath never said: ‘Boy, I groove on Butch and Sundance’? I mean, what a film and, gulp, it’s more than 40 years old and still sharp as a tack.”
Review: A Visual But Flawed Feast For a Forgotten Empire
“It isn’t often that the star of a show is the costume designer. But Eloise Kazan has fashioned beautiful outfits for this play”, writes Richard Lutz
The hour between dog and wolf
Testosterone fuelled young male city traders, on a winning streak, shift their risk preferences and take on too much risk.
Ask Howard: He Answers The Big Questions
HOWARD ELSTON (OBE, DOA) never shirks the hot issues. Today he looks at the world of finance…again
Ask Howard: The Big Questions That Plague Our Very Society
Today’s Big Question : Should Barclays Bank boss Bob Diamond resign? asks Sarah from Doncaster
Martin Longley’s New York Sounds: Jazz Pulsations
Martin Longley sends out further throbbing signals from New York City…
Screengrab: Thank God for Tuesdays
Richard Lutz puts down his remote to tell us what’s good on the box when it comes to movies
Apprentice finalist Nick Holzherr secures venture capital funding for Whisk online food shopping app
Nick Holzherr, finalist on BBC1’s The Apprentice this year, has secured a £170,000 investment for Whisk, the online shopping business pitched to Lord Sugar.
Tale of Two Barclays: What Price, Money?
Two big Barclays stories pound away at Richard Lutz like dual sledgehammers proving what a skewered maddeningly tilted world we live in.