London law firm admits to error but judge says final order cannot be overturnedA couple were divorced by mistake after solicitors at a leading law firm made a computer error but a senior judge has said it cannot be overturned.The couple, referred to as Mr and Mrs Williams by the high court, were married for 21 years until they separated in 2023. Continue reading
Today on TAP: More than 400 economists work for the Federal Reserve Board. Far too many are intimidated by the echo chamber of bad economics created by Chair Jay Powell.
Civil War eschews the typical trappings of a combat action movie by turning the lens not toward the soldiers but to the photographers capturing them. And while it excels in some aspects of its portrayal, it falters when it comes to the big stuff. [Read More]
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In this column I try not to cover things that any normal person knows are fake—like chemtrails. But just this week, Tennessee legislators passed a state law that bans “the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals substances, or apparatus with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight. In other words: chemtrails.
The chief executive of Coles has admitted the supermarket giant had let down its suppliers following claims the company was underpricing the wholesale value of goods. Speaking before a Senate inquiry into supermarket prices, Coles boss Leah Weckert said the chain needed to improve its relationships with suppliers. It comes following previous allegations at the […]
Richard Hammond says his friends are "anxious" to get into a car with him when he is behind the wheel. The former Top Gear star, 54, appeared on The Paul Chowdhry PudCast for an episode released on 10 April. Speaking to the host, Hammond said: “Some of them get anxious. “What’s worse is when somebody else [is] driving and I’m in the car because it tends to go one of two ways Either they demonstrate I’m going to drive normally, or ‘Wahey, here we go’, and they overcook it. That can get...
John Travolta played gangster John Gotti in 2018’s Gotti, which learned all the wrong lessons from movies in the genre.
For the first time in American history, a former president is the defendant in a felony trial, and the misinformation, rumors, and fake news are coming in hot from the Trump trial. Below are some quick fact-checks of some of the many dubious claims coming out of the trial.
CRAIG HOPE: The journey that brought Mark Clattenburg on board with the Daily Mail began in the foyer of a social club in Seaham in 2017. He was - not for the first time - at the centre of a media storm.
The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. The label is a fake, but one for which no cultural chemical capable of removing it has yet proved effective. Still, opera populists are trying and appear to be making progress. Los Angeles Opera last week unveiled two new productions of operas old or avant-garde: Verdi’s 19th century chestnut “La Traviata,” and Huang Ruo’s 2021 “Book of Mountains and Seas,” based on ancient Chinese myths. Both are literally worlds apart, they were given in...
Former President Trump was on another one of his screeds about how Democratic prosecutors were persecuting him, saying he'd been "investigated by the Democrats more than Billy the Kid, Jesse James and Al Capone combined." The crowd at a 2022 rally in North Carolina seemed to eat if up, having a hearty laugh when Trump concluded: “I think I’m perhaps the most honest human being that God ever created.” The crowd broke into applause. As Trump campaigns to retake the White House, polls suggest...