READERS have reacted to possible plans to let holidaymakers jet off to a handful sun-kissed European hotspots this month. The European Commission has proposed to ease restrictions on travel to countries in the bloc Covid-19 after mass vaccination campaigns get underway and lower levels of infection. And the UK government’s “green list” of countries to which people can travel without having to isolate for 14 days on their return is expected to be released this week, although it is understood details are still being finalised. Boris Johnson has said some foreign travel from the UK will be able to go ahead from mid-May.
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When the big trees fall, and light pierces the canopy, new giants will grow into the aperture. Last year, once-unshakable commercial assets, from Class A office space to Fifth Avenue retail, took a tumble. In their place, life science facilities are emerging.
In 2020, life sciences deals reached a record high of 16.4 percent of the total volume of investment sales for office space up from 7.1 percent in 2019 and 5.7 percent in 2015, according to a Newmark report published in January. In fact, 2020 saw $15 billion in funding for life sciences development and more than $10 billion in closed real estate deals.
Those deals, which include existing products and new spaces, indicate that thanks to the exigencies made plain by the pandemic and an aging population, institutional investors and landlords are reevaluating the best use of their properties and diversification of their portfolios. As a result, empty office and retail spaces are being transformed int
The Life of Pi
Life of Pi has confirmed new dates for its rescheduled West End run.
The play is based on the Man Booker-winning novel of the same name, written by Yann Martel, which is about what happens when a cargo ship sinks in the Pacific Ocean and the only survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a 16 year-old boy and a Bengal tiger – are stranded together on a lifeboat.
In early 2020, the Sheffield Theatres production won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play – the first time a piece of new writing outside of the capital has picked up the prize.