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I had no interest in firing bolts at any living thing nor of stalking Dulwich Woods playing

I had no interest in firing bolts at any living thing, nor of stalking Dulwich Woods playing the mighty hunter, nor of dressing up in medieval doublet or Tyrolean sheepskin and blasting away at an apple on my son's head I wouldn't necessarily ever fire it I just wanted to have it, to possess it at last. It was a 40-year itch I finally had ... Full story

Horst P Horst’s long career in photography was almost cut short just months

Horst P Horst's long career in photography was almost cut short just months after it had begun. Arriving in New York for the first time nearly 70 years ago, the young German (born Horst Bohrmann, in Lower Saxony, in 1906) was interned for two days as an undesirable alien. As a result, he found himself a full five minutes late for his Monday morning interview ... Full story

Here I said `To hell with it’ – I wanted to open it all the way

Here, I said, `To hell with it' - I wanted to open it all the way. I thought it was more interesting to see the shape ..." The background to the photograph, a white sheet thrown over a length of rope, was, incidentally, a favourite motif of Horst's contemporary, Clifford Coffin, and first used by Coffin a couple of years previously for British Vogue.Male nude, ... Full story

The driver of the MGF was then arrested and taken to Daventry police station for questioning

The driver of the MGF was then arrested and taken to Daventry police station for questioning. He was released yesterday on police bail, pending further investigations. Two passersby saw the crash and alerted the emergency services. The accident at the circuit, which today is the venue for the British Grand Prix, happened late on Friday night when a T-registration MGF sports car drove on to ... Full story

The New Paradigmers hold that the internet and other new technologies have set the stage for a long-term boost in

The New Paradigmers hold that the internet and other new technologies have set the stage for a long-term boost in productivity. This prospect, they hold, means the record stock market makes sense.High share prices, in turn, bolster the confidence of American consumers - thereby completing the virtuous economic circle The sceptics say the New Paradigm is an illusion. But if Mr Kuroda plumps for weak ... Full story

He has always had an affinity with numbers he says but no formal business training

He has always had an affinity with numbers, he says, but no formal business training. The plans he showed to the bank were based on playing around with spreadsheets."It was fairly easy to model the business, albeit all completely self- invented," he observes.A few months after the launch, Anderson noticed that the magazine was running at below the death-scenario level. It stood him in good ... Full story

PARK FESTIVAL SELLS OUT A sell-out crowd of 48000 attended the T in The Park festival

PARK FESTIVAL SELLS OUT A sell-out crowd of 48,000 attended the T in The Park festival in Perthshire (above) Police arrested one person for a drugs related offence First aiders warned the public to avoid dehydration.. JUDGE BACKS MARIJUANA One of Scotland's leading judges, Lord McCluskey, has called for a Royal Commission to look at the decriminalisation of cannabis and the ... Full story

This was her first outing as a political candidate- in-waiting since she confirmed last Tuesday that she was forming an exploratory committee to look

This was her first outing as a political candidate- in-waiting since she confirmed last Tuesday that she was forming an "exploratory committee" to look into running for a US Senate seat in the Empire State next year. With none of the usual power-trappings and hoopla of the White House, Hillary Rodham Clinton journeyed through successive upstate towns, some with such Shakespearean names as Verona, Rome ... Full story

BRITAIN’S GAS producing giant BOC is likely to accept a joint bid

BRITAIN'S GAS producing giant, BOC, is likely to accept a joint bid by its French and American rivals Air Liquide and Air Products this week in a deal worth about pounds 7bn, according to people close to the companies BOC's board meets tomorow. "I do think there will be some kind of deal," said Fred Siemer, an analyst at FH Siemer. "But it's enormously complex ... Full story

Some of the contaminants identified are known to have the ability to cause

"Some of the contaminants identified are known to have the ability to cause cancer and some are able to impair the immune system," it says. Chemicals from dry-cleaning and nappy-bucket disinfectants had also been found.In all, the report says, more than 350 chemicals have been found in breast milk in different studies around the world. It discloses "widespread contamination of mother's milk".The report not only ... Full story
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