Policy departments among mainstream charities are among the least diverse areas of the voluntary sector, according to the head of policy at the charity leaders body Acevo. In a blog post for the equality campaign group #CharitySoWhite, Kristiana Wrixon said that in her experience, “policy departments in ‘mainstream’ charities are one of the whitest, middle-class,
Month: September 2020
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 18, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose on Sunday night after a sell-off in tech shares led to the market’s first back-to-back weekly declines in months. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures traded 158 points higher, or
Marriott Hotels launched its Homes & Villas alternative lodging service a few years ago. It has grown to 10,000 listings and has become popular with Marriott Bonvoy rewards members, but remains only a minor bright spot in the Covid-19 crash. Getty Images Marriott International began its push back against the success of Airbnb in Spring
An architectural work that has stood the test of time, and evolved into an eternal symbol of the ‘New Look’ collection, the Christian Dior Bar jacket appeared in the revolutionary designer’s first ever haute couture collection, effortlessly sealing the success of the brand in 1947. Reimagined by Maria Grazia Chiuri, the single-breasted silhouette is crafted
EXCLUSIVE: Following a strong start at the international box office last weekend, Voltage Pictures’ After We Collided had another passionate run overseas this session. In 21 markets, the sequel to 2019 $70M worldwide hit After added $4.2M this weekend to reach a running tally of $21M. The film will continue overseas rollout through September while
Two weddings and enough drama to fill an entire season sounds like the perfect way to sum up 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? Season 5 Episode 14. After a meandering string of weak episodes with little drama, “To Love and Obey?” gave the couples some of their biggest tests to date. Let’s dig in, 90
Kygo and Selena Gomez have achieved a milestone with their 2017 collaboration “It Ain’t Me” as the song joins the billion streams club on Spotify. Kygo shares in the post below: “‘It Ain’t Me’ w/ @selenagomez just passed 1 billion streams on @Spotify. It feels surreal to finally have passed such a goal of mine!
So, you’ve already marathoned all of season two of Netflix’s highly successful series The Umbrella Academy. Now what? (This is why you should never marathon too much of a good thing, but I’m not your mother). Unfortunately, season 3 has yet to be confirmed, but given the end-of-season cliffhanger as well as the series’ popularity,
NEW YORK — Toots Hibbert, one of reggae’s founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as Pressure Drop, Monkey Man and Funky Kingston, has died. He was 77. Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, had been in a medically-induced
A group of major charity umbrella bodies have called for major reform to the VAT system because of the “significant burden” it places on UK voluntary sector organisations. In a written submission to the House of Commons Treasury Committee for its inquiry into “tax after coronavirus”, the four umbrella bodies say that charities are unable
Climbing Covid-19 cases among university students living in fraternity and sorority houses in the U.S. have threatened to overturn carefully crafted plans for returning students to campus, school officials say. At the University of Tennessee, Chancellor Donde Plowman called out fraternities Tuesday for hosting secret parties and giving others tips on how to avoid the
Established in 2017, Alfredo wooden bicycles represent the experience gained over the years in the production of bikes with a wooden frame, alongside a deep passion for the vehicle and the search for elegance and functionality. Inspired by one of the greatest Italian cyclists of the 1920s, the brand pays homage to Alfredo Binda, a
Per Variety, Tenet made only $6.7 million during its second Friday-to-Sunday, which calculates to a 66.5 percent drop from weekend to weekend (though the trade notes that the film actually only made an estimated $9 million in the same three day time span last week, as the $20 million figure came from including Thursday previews
Hero Images | Hero Images | Getty Images Retirees with a heavy reliance on U.S. Treasury bonds for income may want to rethink their investment strategy. With yields on Treasurys at historically low levels, these stalwart income-producers may be doing less for you than you intend. While they still provide the safety you might seek,
Exclusive “Saturday Night Live” will soon be back for Season 46 — just in time for the craziest election season ever — but things will be different. Multiple production sources tell TMZ … the “live from New York” aspect of the show will be true for the first time since March 7, but don’t expect
Play video content Exclusive Alex Hoffman/malibusurfcoach.com Rapper Lil Mosey has learned his lesson … at least when it comes to surfing. The “Pull Up” rapper doesn’t seem to have a single ounce of worry as he took surfing lessons while in the middle of a very serious gun case. Surfing instructor Alex Hoffman tells TMZ
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To understand ballroom culture is to know the inner workings of the house. In the ball community, “houses” refer to the collective group of individual performers. They are typically presided over by a central figure called mother and named after high-fashion brands or pioneering figures. But very rarely do said fashion labels collaborate with the
White House officials are advising Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, to promote messages that prioritize political positions over scientific findings, an attempt to bolster Donald Trump’s misleading claims about the coronavirus. The pressure is apparently coming from Paul Alexander, a Trump appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services who,
The Royal Albert Hall has launched an emergency fundraising campaign to try to plug a £20m shortfall in its finances caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The charity said it had lost £18m in income since the venue was forced to close in March because of the outbreak, and was ineligible to apply for a grant
Oracle CEO Safra Catz delivers a keynote address during the Oracle OpenWorld conference on September 17, 2019 in San Francisco. Oracle CEO Safra Catz kicked off day two of the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld with a keynote address. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oracle shares rose as much as 6% in extended
Set across over 23 acres of private land, the glorious 1604 Winchester Road estate, overlooking a gracious bend of the Severn River, just minutes from downtown Annapolis and less than an hour from the nation’s capital, is now regarded one of the most distinctive estates available on the East Coast. Once the home of bootleggers
Mulan, Disney’s live-action update on its 1998 animated classic grossed an estimated RMB 52.5M ($8.26M) on its opening Friday in China. The figure includes midnights, and portends a three-day weekend around $26M. This is a disappointment for the Niki Caro-directed movie which has faced mounting controversy in recent days, and will have suffered from piracy
The Flaming Lips were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon! last night (September 11). They performed “God and the Policeman” from their brand new album American Head. The studio version of the song featured backing vocals by Kacey Musgraves. This new cllip for late-night TV sees every band member encased in
It’s a sign of progress that a list like this even exists, let alone contains just some of the books releasing soon that feature nonbinary characters between their pages. For a while there, these characters were pretty much nonexistent, or worse, authors depicted them with complete disrespect. Although most of the world is a garbage
Plus: Four other pore myths, busted No matter where you get your beauty info from—whether it’s magazines, social media or good ol’ word of mouth—it’s safe to say that the abundance of sources and information available at any given time has made things, well, pretty confusing. With so much info at our fingertips, it can
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ tune is inspired by her grand 11,000 sq. foot Rhode Island mansion, which one fan suggested would be the perfect setting for an ‘incredible’ movie! Taylor Swift, 30, is on board with this movie idea! The Folklore singer responded to a fan tweet suggesting that her song “The Last Great American Dynasty” — inspired
A charity that was unable to account for almost £150,000 of spending has been wound up by the regulator. A Charity Commission inquiry report into Believe in Magic, which was registered in 2012 with objects of relieving the needs of children and young people suffering from serious illnesses, says the regulator began looking into the
An antenna for a satellite ground station Amazon Microsoft is looking to challenge Amazon in offering a service that connects satellites directly to the company’s cloud computing network, according to documents the company filed with the Federal Communications Commission last month The effort shows how the two largest providers of cloud infrastructure — data centers in
A non-profit campaign to thank hard-working intensive care nurses with luxury hotel stays has seen all 6,200 rooms on offer snapped up within six hours. The founders of Nights On Us said they were “delighted” with the response, which has seen thousands of NHS staff members who worked tirelessly throughout the heights of the coronavirus
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