ALEX BRUMMER: Humbling of the High Street icons

Sharon White is having a baptism of fire at John Lewis. As a partnership organisation, it is held to higher standards of governance than other retailers.  One can only imagine the pain involved in shutting eight stores and placing 1,300 jobs in jeopardy. This on the same day as another High Street stalwart, Boots, revealed … Read more

Artist exhibits stunning collection of million-knotted collages of Russian Orthodox icons

Artist exhibits stunning collection of million-knotted collages of Russian Orthodox icons which take up to nine months to create with his patented macramé technique Vladimir Denshchikov’s Orthodox icons were put on display at the Simferopol Art Museum in the Crimea Denshchikov patented new style of ‘macramé collage’ to make the designs which were given church … Read more

Miley Cyrus interviews ‘pop culture icons’ Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie on Bright Minded

Miley Cyrus returned to Instagram Live on Friday for another episode of her weekly web series Bright Minded, where she hosted one-on-one interviews with ‘pop culture icons’ Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter voiced to her guests, as well as her 105million followers, that the theme of the day’s show revolved around ‘pop … Read more