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It’s Tom Stoppard’s World and We Don’t Live in It Tom Stoppard in New York in 1974, when “Jumpers” opened on Broadway.Credit...Jack Manning/The New York Times Buy Book ▾ By David Ives By Hermione Lee In his early 20s, Tom Stoppard — rather like young Aladdin and his lamp — told his mother, “I’d like to be famous!” The lad in this case played genie to himself and made his own wish come true by pouring out, over more than five decades, a glis...

RACQ LifeFlight Rescue doctors mission-ready after world-class training RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Press Release | February 9, 2021 Estimated reading time 6 minutes, 48 seconds. The highly advanced Land Rover LifeFlight Special Mission helicopter has taken to the skies to train Queensland’s newest critical care doctors for winching sick or injured patients out of difficult to access locations.  The Land Rover LifeFlight Special Mission helicopter is a fully integrated aircraft, which can op...

Building products firm Alumasc turned in an improved set of numbers in the six months to December. Shrugging off the impact of a second lockdown last November and Brexit uncertainty in the run-up to a deal being signed on Christmas Eve, the company said interim revenue was up 11% to £45.6m with pre-tax profit more than tripling from £1.8m to £5.5m. The firm specialises in products to manage water and energy use It added that bank debt had come to down to £200,000 from £4.3m at the end of p...

The drag queen muses are set to appear as part of SketchSesh, the life drawing project founded by artists James Davison and Simon Gray in 2017. As venues shut down during the pandemic, the IRL event has been taken online, offering a limited number of spaces via Zoom. Gigi Goode will appear in the first session on January 27 at 7pm GMT. “Gigi will be streaming looks and poses from LA to SketchSesh artists around the world!” reads an announcement via Instagram. Naomi Smalls, meanwhile, is set...

Fleet News Awards 2021 Click the thumbs up > Winning a Fleet News Award trophy doesn’t come easy, but the effort is worth every moment when the envelope is opened, and your name is read out. Winners enjoy a measurable improvement in business performance and credibility, while it can also raise staff motivation, studies show.  It can even give a boost to individual careers, with several former Fleet News Awards winners getting promoted or headhunted for more senior positions. Award winners sa...

news@tribtoday.com Staff photo / Raymond L. Smith Mark Gibbs Jr. of Gibbs Construction, North Jackson, demolishes what remained of the house at 2853 Woodland St., Warren, where two people died of smoke inhalation in a New Year’s Day fire. WARREN — The house where a mother and son died in a Jan. 1 fire was demolished Tuesday. The 2853 Woodland St. structure, heavily damaged by the New Year’s Day fire, was leveled by Gibbs Construction of North Jackson. Mark Gibbs Jr., who was knocking ...

Published: 7:00 AM January 20, 2021    Updated: 11:46 AM January 20, 2021 Simon Gray, owner of SJG Foods - an Artisian breads and homemade desserts business. Picture: Danielle Booden - Credit: Danielle Booden A chef who launched a bakery business in lockdown has enjoyed a busy few months and is hoping to expand further into Norwich. When Simon Gray was put on furlough after the pandemic hit in March, he used his spare time to get baking, dropping off loaves of bread to friends and family. So...

Energy drinks brand Boost Drinks is partnering with brewery Hall & Woodhouse to take on “full responsibility” for sales, marketing, and distribution of the Rio soft drinks brand. From 1 February this year, both companies will work to “develop the Rio brand and agree its future strategic direction”. The partnership will “achieve synergies for both parties combining Boost Drinks marketing and sales expertise in the independent convenience and wholesale market with the Rio brand’s e...

It will help pension scheme members understand if transferring out is their best option Hub Pension Consulting has launched an automated abridged advice service accessible to defined benefit (DB) pension holders. They will be able to see if a pension transfer is beneficial to their situation, without having to engage in the full financial advice process, which can be costly. The automated service combines a “digital fact-find and a triage stage”. If a pension transfer is found to be a suita...

China has lashed out at Australia for blocking a $300million deal that would have seen a Beijing-backed firm with links to the Chinese military in control of a major construction company. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg shot down the offer made by state-owned China State Construction Engineering Corporation to acquire Australian-based company Probuild over national security concerns. Its the latest escalation in a diplomatic spat between the two countries which have been at loggerheads since Australi...