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Andy Kershaw for Beverley Folk Festival

Broadcaster, writer, foreign correspondent … Andy Kershaw has established a reputation as a genuine pioneer in whichever discipline he turns his attention to. As a teenager, he was promoting major rock gigs at Leeds University. He was Billy Bragg’s driver...

Brits Want To Club Together

Dutch-style ‘collective pensions’ are the most popular option with the British public for their retirement saving, according to a new report published today by the think tank IPPR. This type of pension is currently illegal in the UK despite working well abroad, and...

World Economic League Table 2013

The leading economic consultancy Cebr released its annual report The World Economic League Table. The report gives an end of year report on GDP in the 30 largest economies in the world. It also forecasts which countries will be in the ‘Top Thirty’ for 5, 10 and 15...

Love spending policy changes

Love may be in the air this month but partners will unlikely be on the receiving end as new Lloyds Bank research reveals that people in relationships are more likely to spend on their hobbies than their loved ones.  Change of spending policy – Only 45% of those...

Step Paintings by Basil Beattie

Hales Gallery is delighted to present Above and Below: Step Paintings 1990-2013, a solo show of works by British painter Basil Beattie. Beattie left the Royal Academy schools in 1961, when the trend in Britain was for American-influenced abstract expressionism and...