Category: Real life

Deborah Jeff comments on a court ruling that oil tycoon Michael Prest should not be forced to hand over assets totalling £18m to his former wife, cutting his divorce bill by £9m. Last October, Nigerian-born businessman Prest was ordered to pay his former wife cash and assets in the form of six of his properties. […]

Winners of music, journalism and enterprise awards announced along with newest award for students at Anjool’s alma mater, St Peter’s College, Oxford. Anjool’s Trust announced a new crop of bright talent and award winners today, the third anniversary of his tragic, untimely death in London in 2009. Musical Talent of the Year 2012 Winner Soumik […]

Marriage and children are more important than material possessions or careers, according to a survey of what people think are life’s greatest achievements. Leading Family Lawyer Deborah Jeff comments on the story… Friends of the Elderly found a remarkable similarity between what over-55s thought were the best things they have achieved so far and what […]

For US$9 a day, workers toil in the bowels of a mine that once funded an empire. When the Spanish came to Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain) in the 16th century, they hoped to find gold. But the cone-shaped mountain looming over the city of Potosi and now riddled with makeshift tunnels and unstable shaft systems […]

On Saturday morning October 15, 1910 Walter Wellman and his five-man crew set off on their daring attempt to cross the Atlantic in the airship ‘America’… They were tired yet content to be on their way at last after weeks of waiting in Atlantic City. Europe was their destination, especially Ireland or England. “I don’t […]

Get ready for it, pet owners are now encouraging their canines to paint, and then proudly displaying the “muttsterpieces” in well attended art shows. Sammy, Major and Kayne are not your typical artists. They’re not starving; in fact, their paintings have sold for as much as $1,700. They don’t go around bragging about their success. […]

Can online porn and vegan strip clubs save the rainforest? The erotic industry believes there’s a market for idealists who want to hug more than just trees. Four years ago, Tommy Ellingsen and Leona Johannson decided to do something for the environment. Like many other eco-activists, the young Norwegian couple opted to set up a […]

An increasing number of women are practicing medication-free birth control as part of a countrywide return to a back-to-basics lifestyle. Amanda Zamani of Asheville, N.C., never really liked hormonal birth control and its effects on her body. She had a hard time remembering to take the Pill at the same time every day, and she […]