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Movie Review – Napoleon: Flawed but Fascinating Historical Tribute to an Enigmatic Emperor
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon gets the mood just right, captures all the emotion and torment … but sometimes takes liberties with the truth. This historical epic directed by Ridley Scott is a masterful depiction of the French emperor’s rise and fall.
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Get Your Motor Running — and Dial the Time Machine Back a Few Decades to Find Perfection
When cool is king, you can’t beat two wheels — and the golden era of motorcycling conjured up some gems that are still with us, in spirit and in style. If the motorcycle revolution started, as many contend, in the
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Raise Your Glasses, Investors: Your Profits Could Follow
Whisky is emerging as a neat (sorry) alternative investment; 373 percent over 11 years, anyone? Aaron Damiano Sparkes reports… The whisky sector in 2022 saw the sort of result more traditional investment sectors can only dream of. It saw double-digit
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Magic Happens — at Least in Your Head — but Should it Hold Sway in the Modern Day?
Despite the modern triumph of rational thought and the emergence of technological marvels, superstition, magic, and the search for spiritual meaning persist. Some still think it prudent to salute a single magpie to ward off bad luck, toss spilled salt
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The Cornflake Revolution: How Breakfast TV Became a Staple of Britain’s Mornings
The race for ‘bright and early’ viewers began 40 years ago, and changed the way Britain woke up. Asign on the wall of the BBC’s Lime Grove offices of Breakfast Time, the UK’s first morning television show, read: “Today is
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In a Barbie World, Why Do Women Still Seem to Be on the Losing End of the Deal?
The Summer of Barbie has been impossible to avoid as the doll’s popularity reached new heights. A heavily marketed lead-up to the eponymous movie, starring Margot Robbie, was designed to break the cultural zeitgeist — and it did. Barbie was
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The Oyster’s Gift to the World: Gods’ Tears, Symbols of Purity, and Mourning Wear for Royalty
Passion, beauty, wisdom and wealth — these natural wonders are as rich in meaning as they are in lustre. The opalescent orbs have been a go-to accessory for style icons past and present: Coco Chanel, Princess Diana, Madonna, Anna Wintour,
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The Changing Face of Business Travel (and How Best to Reap the Benefits)
Some major changes are impacting business travel — and one of the most noteworthy is the new digital ID system. The move was recently proposed as a way to close the technological gap between the UK and other countries. The
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When Wheels Fall Off a Gender-Balance Bid by a Wall St Hedge Fund, It Turns to Woman vs Man
Fair Play, screening on streaming service Netflix, shows that entrenched, society-imposed values can be hard for individuals to shake off… Businesses are paying more attention to diversity in their senior teams, and things are gradually moving into positive territory. The
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Life On an Ocean Wave (Kept Afloat by Sea of Banknotes)
‘All I need is a luxury superyacht, and a star to steer her by…’ It’s official: the tide has not turned. The soaring demand for superyachts in 2022 continues to grow — and the market for luxury vessels longer than
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