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by John Bryant, author of Lords of the Olympics.

Here are a couple of bizarre (and slightly quiz-show) facts about the London Olympics.
This is the third time that London has held the Olympic Games - but the city has only bid for them once:...

by Emma Lee-Potter, author of Olympic Flames

From the 100 metres to synchronised swimming, the eyes of the world will be on London 2012 this summer. The Olympic Flame has been lit, athletes are up to their eyes in training schedules and it's predicted that more than a...

By Karol Sikora, Professor of Cancer Medicine and honorary Consultant Oncologist at Hammersmith Hospital and author of How To Beat Cancer.

It may well be the worst news that will hear in your life. You'll be sitting in a room, facing a person you hardly know. You...

by John Carlucci, author of 'Ashes to Riches: How To Profit Spectacularly From the Economic Collapse of 2012 to 2022'.

In recent years, the great economies of the world have been rocked by crises the likes of which have not occurred for generations. The severity of these events...

By Stewart King, horror author, whose books include Strictly Chainsaw Psychos.

It is, of course, entirely appropriate that the estate of Bram Stoker should choose to mark the 100th anniversary of the author's death this month with a series of events, such as the publication of Bram Stoker's...

by Richard Freeman, author of 'A Close-Run Thing: The Navy & The Falklands War'.

As we approach the thirtieth anniversary of the Falklands War - which started on 2 April 1982 - Britain's victory is justly recalled. That the war came near to disaster is conveniently forgotten....

By Paul Turner, author of 'Insanely Doomed: Why Apple Will Crash Without Steve Jobs'.

The numbers are truly mind-boggling. In the first two weeks of this month, Apple was adding nearly $9 billion a day to its market value. By itself, the company is worth more than...

By Stewart King, author of Download: The Killer E-Book.

The one story that brings home to me just how much the publishing landscape is being changed is that the next Encyclopaedia Britannica will only be published in a digital format.

I don't actually believe that books will...

By Michael Davenport, professional wedding speech writer.

The style of speaking at weddings has changed over the years. What was once exclusively a male reserve has now thankfully opened up to include the Chief Bridesmaid/Maid of Honour, Mother of the Bride as well as an opportunity for the Bride...

by Chris Darnell, former officer in the Gurkhas.

This is a gentle rant on behalf of the Gurkhas. By Gurkhas, I mean of course those brave and indomitable soldiers from the hills of Nepal who since 1815 have served the British Crown.

And the reasons I'm...

This year sees the centenary of the sinking of RMS Titanic, the most famous of all the great ocean-liners. Having struck an iceberg, on 15 April 1912, at approximately 2.20 am, the world's most luxurious ocean liner broke up and sank before it had completed its maiden voyage to New...

by Matt Lynn, author of Black Ops: El Dorado

The story in the New York Times caught my eye immediately. In the murky interior of Columbia, the drugs barons who used to supply the world with cocaine had found an even more lucrative trade. With gold soaring in...

Most people probably think of Steve Jobs the late founder of Apple, and the man behind hi-tech gadgets from the iPod to the iPad and iPhone, as one of the high priests of restless modernity. And as a man who would have no time with the past -...

By John Carlucci, author of Ashes to Riches: How to Profit Spectacularly During the Economic Collapse of 2012 to 2022.

In 2008, the financial world was hit by its own version of the meteorite that killed off the dinosaurs. Huge investment banks disappeared into thin air, the stock market...

by Saul David

Britain has long acknowledged a 'duty of care' to its armed forces that dates back to the reign of Henry VIII. It began as an unspoken pact between society and the military, and was only formally codified by the British Army as a 'covenant' in the year...