City hotels that have an oasis as standard, from London to New York

City hotels that have an oasis as standard, from the Mandarin Oriental in London to New York’s Park Hyatt Book Park Central Hotel or Park Hyatt to be close to New York’s Central Park The rear of the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London faces Hyde Park In Valencia, the Blanq Carmen Hotel, a hip … Read more

Android TV introduces new features (but Hi Sense will stick with the standard)

It’s Android TV’s turn in the spotlight during the Google I/O Conference and they also took the opportunity to announce that there are more than 80 million monthly active devices on the platform. They shared with developers some new tools and features that will help make it easier to develop for Android TV OS, including … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Betrayal of Standard Life Aberdeen’s brand heritage

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, proclaims Proverbs.  Since the 2017 merger of Martin Gilbert’s Aberdeen Asset Management and the dowager of Scottish insurance, Standard Life, the two firms have contrived to damage both titles. The idea that the group’s new identity Abrdn will have financial advisers up and down … Read more

Vowel play! Standard Life Aberdeen mocked as it drops ‘e’ to be Abrdn

Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) has become the latest firm derided over an ill-judged name change. The asset manager, which invests more than £500billion on behalf of savers, governments and insurers, announced it was to be called Abrdn. For the avoidance of doubt, the firm pointed out that its new moniker would still be pronounced ‘Aberdeen’. … Read more

Changes to the Standard Model of physics could point to a ‘God Equation’

Q: What first sparked your interest in the idea of a ‘God Theory’? Why that name over Universal Theory? I first got interested in the God Equation when I was 8 years old. All the newspapers said that a great scientist had just died. They published a picture of his desk, with an unfinished book. … Read more

Erdem teamed up with Universal Standard for a more inclusive collection going up to a UK size 40

High end designer Erdem, whose pieces are a firm fixture in royal wardrobes, has taken the unprecendented step of launching a clothing range giong up to a size 40.   Turkish-Canadian designer Erdem Moralıoğlu, who launched his eponymous fashion brand in London, has joined forces with US-based Universal Standard, which specialises in plus-size collections, going up to … Read more

George Osborne lands another new job as he quits roles at Evening Standard and BlackRock

George Osborne lands another new job: Former chancellor leaves roles at Evening Standard and US firm BlackRock to become investment banker at Robey Warshaw George Osborne served as David Cameron’s chancellor between 2010 and 2016 In 2017, the father-of-two stepped down as Conservative MP for Tatton, Cheshire Since leaving Cabinet he has held high power … Read more

George Osborne lands another new job as he quits roles at Evening Standard and BlackRock

George Osborne lands another new job: Former chancellor leaves roles at Evening Standard and US firm BlackRock to become investment banker at Robey Warshaw George Osborne served as David Cameron’s chancellor between 2010 and 2016 In 2017, the father-of-two stepped down as Conservative MP for Tatton, Cheshire Since leaving Cabinet he has held high power … Read more