The domino-style closures of high street stores are continuing at pace with more than 1,170 stores closed or earmarked for closure since January. Over the summer months alone the headlines have been filled with news of the ‘failing’ high street, with House of Fraser entering administration and Homebase announcing around 60 stores closures and the loss of up to 2,000 jobs. Despite the summer months traditionally being a particularly difficult time for retailers, this summer has perhaps been...
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Read MoreIn 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s cult classic, ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ premiered to a world embracing technological change. As Kubrick tested the boundaries between past and future on the big screen, the world witnessed the launch of Apollo 7 on the small screen, as the first manned Apollo mission broadcast live from orbit. Later that year, Apollo 8 would enter the Moon’s orbit, and astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders would become the first humans to see the dark side of...
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