Billionaires added a record $2.2tn to global wealth in 2025
The world’s richest individuals accumulated a record $2.2 trillion (£1.7 trillion) in additional wealth during 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight...
ITV backs Joe Wicks with £3m investment in the body coach app
ITV has agreed to invest up to £3 million in Joe Wicks’s health and fitness platform The Body Coach, deepening the broadcaster’s push into digital...
One pub a day closed permanently across England and Wales in 2025
One pub a day closed permanently across England and Wales during 2025, underlining the mounting pressure facing Britain’s hospitality sector as rising costs continue to...
Editorial: Trump makes headway on smaller federal workforce
For the first time in decades, the federal bureaucracy is getting smaller. According to the latest federal jobs report, the government has shed roughly 271,000...
Folan: What history asks of us in 2026
On New Year’s Day 2026, our country begins the celebration of the 250th anniversary of its founding, as Dexter Southfield School marks the centennial of...
‘Backbeats’ takes deep-ish dive into iconic drummers
If you’re a music fan who hasn’t thought much about drumming (I’m guilty on both counts), “Backbeats” will be a revelation. Amateur drummer John Lingan...