Stunning collection of German porcelain found by the Monuments Men sells for £10million

The Monuments Men is the nickname coined for the members of Allied forces’ Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives programme, during the Second World War. This small corps of mostly middle-aged men, and a few women, were historians, architects, professors and museum curators who interrupted their careers to help recover artwork stolen by the Nazis. During … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Laura Kenny and Team GB secure qualification in women’s cycling team pursuit

Laura Kenny and Team GB secure qualification in women’s cycling team pursuit by going second fastest – after Germany smash world record by nearly THREE seconds By Dan Ripley for MailOnline Published: 04:00 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 04:06 EDT, 2 August 2021 Team GB remain on course to retain their gold medal in … Read more

Britain in pole position for gold as Oliver Townend, Laura Collett, Tom McEwen give vintage displays

Team GB in pole position for golds in team and individual eventing after vintage cross-country performances from Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen By Andrew Baldock, Press Association Published: 01:39 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 02:58 EDT, 1 August 2021 Great Britain’s eventers will go for Olympic gold in team and individual competitions … Read more

Australia’s Boomers beat Germany to secure quarter-finals as Patty Mills stars to stay unbeaten

Boomers star Patty Mills powers Australia to a win over Germany and a place in the basketball quarter-finals By Australian Associated Press Published: 07:13 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 07:13 EDT, 31 July 2021 Australia will head into the Tokyo Olympics men’s basketball finals as unbeaten group winners after making it a perfect three … Read more

Builder causes £425,000 of damage using a digger ‘because developer owed him £4.2m’ 

Builder causes £425,000 of damage by tearing down German apartments’ balconies with a digger ‘because developer owed him £4.2million’ Family recorded the man from a building opposite in Blumberg, south Germany The destructive outburst happened at around 7.30pm on Wednesday evening  Man driving the digger first fled the scene in his car but later handed … Read more

Builder causes £425,000 of damage using a digger ‘because developer owed him £4.2m’ 

Builder causes £425,000 of damage by tearing down German apartments’ balconies with a digger ‘because developer owed him £4.2million’ Family recorded the man from a building opposite in Blumberg, south Germany The destructive outburst happened at around 7.30pm on Wednesday evening  Man driving the digger first fled the scene in his car but later handed … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Team GB paddler Bradley Forbes-Cryans fails to medal in the men’s K1 canoe slalom

Team GB paddler Bradley Forbes-Cryans fails to medal in the men’s K1 canoe slalom final as Jiri Prskavec takes gold in Tokyo By Ollie Lewis For Mailonline Published: 03:35 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 03:43 EDT, 30 July 2021 Britain’s Bradley Forbes-Cryans has missed out on a medal in the final of the K1 … Read more

Want to stay in power? Give it away: The triumph of the ‘Constellation’ approach to leadership

Want to stay in power? Give it away: Matthew Barzun explores the triumph of the ‘Constellation’ approach to leadership over the hierarchical ‘Pyramid’ mindset The Power of Giving Away Power tells the different approaches to leadership Author draws from his experience on Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign The ‘Pyramid mindset’ is hierarchical while the ‘Constellation mindset’ is freer  … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Ireland win FIRST-EVER Olympic rowing gold ever in lightweight double sculls race

Ireland win their FIRST-EVER Olympic rowing gold as Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy edge out Germany at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo to win lightweight double sculls race By Kishan Vaghela For Mailonline Published: 21:27 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 00:20 EDT, 29 July 2021 Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan earned Ireland’s first gold … Read more