He may have gone to a state school, but Andrew Murray’s parents still needed money to put him on the path to the top of the British gameThe wait for a male British grand slam tennis champion goes on. Today Roger Federer won his fourth Australian Open title, bringing his tally of grand slam victories [...]
Nearly five years after her teenage daughter was murdered, Mary Foley has forgiven her killer. The alternative, she says, was to let hatred and anger destroy her own lifeThe first time I meet Mary Foley she is addressing a rapt group of 15- and 16-year-olds in a humanities class on forgiveness. Tall, handsome and quietly [...]
Louis Auchincloss, whose fiction and non fiction books gave the firsthand knowledge of the patrician class has passed away on Tuesday, after he suffered from a stroke last week. The 92 year old writer is acclaimed for works like The Rector of Justin.
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Business travel in 2010 will match or surpass last year’s levels and more executives will be opting for first class seats, according to a survey.
There are children you can’t help but dislike, and usually, when their parents come in for parents’ evening, you find out whyI have to be strict when the naughty kids talk back to me but, secretly, they’re my favourites. There’s one boy in my class who draws amazing pictures across his notebooks when he’s bored. [...]
Meet Stacey McMohan, an Australian model who continued racing even after breaking her collarbone in a crash. Stacey who’s racing in the Australian 125cc motor-cycle class had never ridden a bike until October, 2008.
For a start, we’re confused about which one we belong toHarriet Harman, who was educated at the famously elitist St Paul’s girls’ school and is a first cousin of Lady Antonia Fraser, would probably agree that she owes her position as deputy leader of the Labour party to her privileged socio-economic background. For on January [...]