The Bader International Study Centre (Queen's University, Canada), located in Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, invited Greg to help launch their "Green Castle Initiative". This initiative commits the Bader International Study Centre to ...
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Personal care and pharmaceutical copacker UPL’s managing director Mike Peters has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List Peters is to receive an MBE in recognition of his services to industry in the North ...
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Royal Warrant holder Hainsworth has created a limited edition Coronation Throw to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation. The luxuriously soft Lambswool blanket is inspired by the colours of the Union Jack and is ...
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Sainsbury reports first quarter trading statement for 12 weeks to 8 June 2013. Highlights: -Total sales for first quarter up 3.6 per cent (3.3 per cent excluding fuel) -Like-for-like sales for first quarter up 0.7 per cent (0.8 per ...
New York City-based bridalwear queen Vera Wang has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards 2013 ceremony. The 63-year-old haute couturier’s former ...
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Ancient use The ancient Egyptians wore wigs to shield their shaved, hairless heads from the sun. They also wore the wigs on top of their hair using beeswax and resin to keep the wigs in place. Other ancient cultures, including the ...
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Plenty of eyes may be focused on Google Glass as the device attracts attention in the field of "augmented reality," but a crop of other players developing their own glasses-like products are also hoping to stand out as the industry matures. ...
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LOOK around any of Bristol's main tourist destinations and you'll see Bristol Blue glass for sale. In fact its connections with the city are so strong that Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry, although no longer bottled here, is available in blue ...
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When Larry Goodwin was stung to death by thousands of Africanized honey bees on June 1, the story had a near-fiction quality for many Americans. Goodwin, 62 years old, who farmed near Waco, Texas, was killed when he disturbed a hive while ...
More than half a century after a second world war bomb shattered ancient stained glass windows in Westminster Abbey, new windows by the British artist Hughie O'Donoghue are to be unveiled in the abbey. Installed in time for the special ...
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has once again warned the government against "knee-jerk" efforts to revive the Communications Data Bill in the wake of the murder of drummer Lee Rigby. Dubbed by critics the "snooper's charter", the ...
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In a leaked letter to home secretary Theresa May, five US web giants have warned that they will not cooperate with the proposed Communications Data Bill, widely known as the "snooper's charter". In the letter, dated 18 April, which was ...
At the Global Department Store Summit in Paris (GDSS), The Intercontinental Group of Department Stores (IGDS) announced that Selfridges has once again been recognised as the Best Department Store in the World for an unprecedented second ...
Seven extremely talented and respected Australian aborigines, belonging to the indigenous Wiradjuri group, have recently attended an innovative custom-made textile training workshop in Melbourne. Held at the Kangan Institute’s ...
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials—is pleased to announce the appointment of Shane Cumming as ...
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