A world-renowned Grand Prix racing car museum will close its doors tomorrow (Monday, November 5) and its exhibits placed into storage. The Donington Collection museum at Castle Donington has been open for 45 years and comprises the largest exhibition of Grand Prix cars in the world. It also features a range of vintage military vehicles. The museum has attracted more than two million visitors in its history, but it is closing due to the current manager's "family responsibilities". It is open today and tomorrow from 10am-5pm, with last admission at 4pm. Situated at the Donington Park motor racing circuit, the museum has housed the world’s largest display of purebred Grand Prix racing cars - including many rated as being among the most historically and financially-valuable of their kind. Since the imminent closure was announced on October 10, motor racing fans have arrived in droves to see the collection for a final time. However, some have complained that the collection has been … [Read more...] about World famous Grand Prix museum to close TOMORROW after 45 years
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Paul McCartney was right — cannabis WILL make the world a better place thanks to its medical uses
HALF a century ago the hippies of the Sixties believed that cannabis could make this world a better place. In my wild youth I saw far too many people wreck — and sometimes end — their lives with illegal substances to ever be rosy-eyed about drugs. But those old hippies were at least partly right. Because as of Thursday, specialist doctors are now allowed to prescribe cannabis on the NHS to relieve the symptoms of childhood epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. The NHS warns of the many horrible side effects of the drug — panic attacks, memory loss, hallucinations, paranoia, lethargy. But who could object to its use if it relieves the suffering of the desperately ill? Fifty years ago, prescribing cannabis on the NHS was unthinkable. In 1967, Paul McCartney and a host of famous Sixties faces took out a full-page ad in The Times demanding research into its medicinal uses. They were banging their long-haired heads against a brick wall. But the Sixties dream has finally … [Read more...] about Paul McCartney was right — cannabis WILL make the world a better place thanks to its medical uses
World-famous financial journalist Paddy Hirsch, whose father was in the Army, on his difficult childhood in Northern Ireland in the Troubles, his career in the Marines… and how he finally found contentment with his wife, the actress Eileen Fogarty
World-famous financial journalist Paddy Hirsch, whose father was in the Army, on his difficult childhood in Northern Ireland in the Troubles, his career in the Marines... and how he finally found contentment with his wife, the actress Eileen Fogarty BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Fiction has never been a particular friend of high finance. Even before banker-bashing became common currency, literature saved a special scorn for the emotionless financier, from Emile Zola's L'Argent to Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho. And, if reader empathy for the wizards of Wall Street is an issue, it also takes a particular set of writing skills to distil the inherent dryness of white collar crime into riveting prose. … [Read more...] about World-famous financial journalist Paddy Hirsch, whose father was in the Army, on his difficult childhood in Northern Ireland in the Troubles, his career in the Marines… and how he finally found contentment with his wife, the actress Eileen Fogarty
Community view: Newham’s historic places
PUBLISHED: 08:00 07 July 2018 Elwin Cockett, archdeacon of West Ham Did you know that the court of the King of England was once in West Ham? Or that Stratford was the birthplace of one of the greatest poets of Victorian times, Gerard Manley Hopkins? Or that one of the famous women of that era, Elizabeth Fry, lived in East Ham? Think “London’s history” and you probably think of places like the Tower of London and St Paul’s Cathedral. After all, the Tower is amazing, and St Paul’s still has one of the best choirs in the world. But did you know that east London has more than its fair share of historic places and associations? Wanstead Flats, for example, still has traces of WWII POW camps, along with tethering-points for barrage balloons. In Beckton you can see where Full Metal Jacket was filmed and, at Gallion’s Reach, where the Princess Alice sank with the loss of more than 600 lives in 1878. St Mary Magdalene’s church, East Ham, has stood … [Read more...] about Community view: Newham’s historic places
Leeds ready to welcome the world for historic Grand Départ
Leeds is ready to welcome the world this week with a series of events and activities as the host city builds up to the Grand Départ of the Tour de France on Saturday. Events will be happening across the city every day to celebrate the final countdown to the start of the world’s largest annual sporting event from The Headrow on Saturday morning.Music and dance performances, theatre and cinema productions, art and museum exhibitions, food and drink festivals, bike races and shows, a pre-race parade featuring the Tour riders themselves, the Opening Ceremony Team Presentation and even a carnival will all be taking place in Leeds this week in honour of the legendary cycle race.Details of 48 of the leading Tour activities can be seen at www.granddepartleeds.co.uk/events, including free lunchtime concerts taking place next to the startline on Victoria Gardens every day from noon-2pm.Other events include the Bicyclism exhibition showcasing cycling in Leeds at the Leeds City Museum, … [Read more...] about Leeds ready to welcome the world for historic Grand Départ