The election results of 2015 were shocking, but not as shocking as the reaction from the left. The level of bile and hatred has been truly shocking. I have seen signs on shops saying no Tories, signs requesting that Tories declare their political beliefs so they can be charged more, calls for Tories to be …
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Nov 17
Quintessentially Foundation Charity Poker Night
Last night saw stars including Tom Parker Bowles, Jamie Laing, Ben Elliot & Zac Goldsmith support the Quintessentially Foundation’s annual poker evening held in the beautifully restored Lancaster Ballroom at The Savoy Hotel in association with PokerStars. The aim of the evening was to raise much needed funds for three worthy causes: Greenhouse, Place2be and …
Nov 08
Rally For The Rainforest At Online Celebrity Auction
Want to shop and do good? Of course you do. ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’, the RFUK’s fabulous and exclusive public auction of one-off gifts donated by celebrities, luxury labels and esteemed Foundation friends, returns for a fourth year. Open to everyone through an RFUK pop-up shop on eBay, the 12 day auction, running from …
Oct 25
Russell Brand Says We Shouldn’t Vote. Is He Right?
In this weeks New Statesman Russell Brand edits and rights a lengthy piece. Yes, that Russell Brand. He says he did it because a beautiful woman asked him (That would be Jemima Khan, his rumoured girlfriend). For his theme he chose revolution ‘because the New Statesman is a political magazine and imagining the overthrow of …
May 30
Famous People Who Didn’t Go To University
I have a confession to make. I find the whole snobbish going to university thing stupid. If you want to actually study something or be a doctor, then obviously go and reach your potential, but one of the things I find most stupid about social pressure is that everyone should go to university. At least …
Apr 08
Margaret Thatcher Dies At 87
Margaret Thatcher died today after suffering a stroke. She was 87. The former grocers daughter was Britain’s first and only female Prime Minister. Lord Bell, her spokesman said: “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. A further statement will …
Oct 06
The Economics of Happiness | Film Review
One of my favourite books is Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh, a riveting book by Helena Norberg-Hodge. The Economics of Happiness follows on from this book. It describes how consumerism and globalisation damages the lives of, not only villagers in Ladakh, but also the wider world in general. Making them less happy and affecting their …
Jun 09
Zac Goldsmith, John Bird and Sir Trevor McDonald do a “Dragon’s Den”.
Zac Goldsmith MP joins Big Issue John Bird and newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald to judge a Dragon’s Den style contest to boost social enterprise in South-West London. The winner of the competition will be awarded £10,000 by the panel for their business. Almost 100 people have already joined “Richmond’s Den”, which has been set up …