Entries by Endeavour Press from 03/2012

Did an Ancient Curse Sink the Titanic - A Century Later Some People Still Think So

| Posted 03.02.2012 | Huffington Post

My favourite concerns the presence of a mysterious mummy aboard the ship that was said to have cursed the White Star liner before it left Southampton. Crazy? Perhaps, but at the time the story was written up in respectable papers such as The Washington Post and The New York Times.

The British Army Needs More Gurkhas

| Posted 03.08.2012 | UK Politics

There should be more Gurkhas in the British Army, not less.

The Wedding Speech is the Greatest Ordeal Many of Us Will Face

| Posted 03.11.2012 | UK Comedy

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 herself to hold the floor.

Here's How the Big Publishers Could Kill-Off E-Books

| Posted 03.18.2012 | Huffington Post

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.

From Insanely Great To Insanely Doomed - Why Apple Will Crash Without Steve Jobs

| Posted 03.20.2012 | UK Tech

Apple is critically dependent on its products being perceived as the coolest, best-designed, most innovative on the market. But it is very hard to be cool when you are the biggest company in the world.

Thirty Years On, Could We Still Re-Take the Falklands?

| Posted 03.24.2012 | UK Politics

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. How well-placed are we to hold the islands today?