The Conservatives and Labour have been outlining their main pitch to voters. The Prime Minister Boris Johson in his first major speech of the campaign said a Conservative government would unite the country and “level up” the prospects for people with massive investment in health, better infrastructure, more police, and a green revolution. But he […]

By Jenny Lynton To be honest, we’re hooked. Well, Bitcoin (BTC) has steered us through a rollercoaster of emotions recently, as its value whipsawed across the market. Then this week, just as the coin rallied higher and momentum was rising, the bears came back to haunt us. One of the key reasons behind the latest market […]

If you were a southern Italian peasant around the turn of the 20th century, your life was pretty rough. The feudal system had officially ended with the unification of Italy a few decades earlier. But most laborers probably didn’t notice the difference. The vast majority of southern Italians were farm workers. But the landlords who […]