Born in Mortlake, England, on September 2, 1875, Charles Dominic Plater was educated at the Jesuits’ Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, where he was remarkably popular with masters and fellow students alike for his personal magnetism and his regular success in winning school prizes.
He entered the Jesuit novitiate at Roehampton, southwest London, on September 7, 1894. In 1900 he interrupted his philosophy course at the end of its second year to proceed to the Jesuit Hall (Campion Hall), Oxford, to read classics. Gaining a Second in Mods (exams taken in the first part of an Oxford degree) and then a First in Greats (a degree in Classics), Plater accompanied his early success and promise in classics with a lifelong interest in archaeology.
The emergence of 4 species of Indian goliaths
In a newly opened-up economy, first-generation entrepreneurs pushed forward, unsettling the traditional pecking order. Several prominent business family groups collapsed entirely, others simply slid down the rankings. Art: The Indian Ambassador by Sunil Padwal, 2020
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Gita Piramal
Post 1991, Indian entrepreneurs curious to explore the world’s markets and technologies were encouraged rather than discouraged by the state
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As they mature, business sectors consolidate. By its very nature, consolidation creates goliaths.
In the 1990s, four species of goliaths emerged in India. One was global: transnationals who collect companies across the world, including in India. The other three are wholly Indian in parentage, surfacing from big business family groups, fresh talent and the government. Almost every major sector has its own sub-set of two or three goliaths, drawn from any of the four paren
20 January 2021 Of the seven warmest years in this curve… you can see that 2019 was the second warmest year
The British High Commission in Cyprus presents its fourth webinar in the #DynamicUK series, this time talking to atmospheric physicist Joanna Haigh on the effects COVID-19 has had on the environment. The webinar reveals how elements of the UK adapted to the pandemic and how they continue to innovate to rise to the challenges they face.
Professor Haigh spoke to Dr. Stylianos Yiatros, Assistant Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology, on how a green recovery should look like post-COVID.
Prof. Haigh discusses the increasing threats for climate change and the challenges posed in meeting the internationally agreed limit of 1.5 degrees of global warming. She also touches on how the pandemic can boost a ‘green’ recovery and might offer a win-win situation for the economy and climate. Prof. Joanna Haigh stated:
Theresa Stewart, controversial ‘Loony Left’ leader of Birmingham city council – obituary
She turned down a lunch date with the Queen and ruled out an Olympic bid – but denied holding a workshop for disabled lesbians
Theresa Stewart in 1994
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Theresa Stewart, who has died aged 90, was the only female leader of Birmingham city council to date (from 1993 to 1999); she was Lord Mayor in 2000-01 and a member of the Labour Party for 72 years.
She concentrated on delivering “good public services” for the city, rather than prestige projects like the Convention Centre, Symphony Hall and National Indoor Arena promoted by her predecessor Sir Dick Knowles.
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Michael Jonathan Wyman
John Kenneth Wyman
Michael Jonathan Wyman and his two beloved children, Anna Aviva Wyman and John Kenneth Wyman, tragically passed away on January 3, 2021, while Michael was attempting to save the two children from a rogue wave at the beach in Goat Rock State Park in California. The herculean and ongoing rescue efforts were led by the mother and wife, Sarah Wyman, alongside the brave and self-sacrificing fellow hikers followed by the search-and-rescue teams.
Michael, who was 40, was born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1980 at the Grace Hospital to his loving parents, Georgina Steinsky and his late father Kenneth Wyman. He grew up in Ottawa and Toronto, attending Ashbury College, Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts, and graduating with an International Baccalaureate degree from Upper Canada College in Toronto. A lov