It is now over 29 years since Phil Zimmermann developed the Pretty Good Privacy encryption algorithm and it remains an effective method of encryption today as it did in 1991 and ever since. #PGP

Today is the 20th year since Vladimir Putin came into power as the Prime Minister of Russia. Since then he has flipped between that role and president twice, and will remain on top until 2024...or longer based on recent changes. #VladimirPutin #Putin

4th April will mark the 45th anniversary of the Microsoft operating system which is run on almost 73% of all computers in the world in some form.

As his wife is going through chemotherapy sessions alone, due to the dangers of #COVID19, her husband sits outside her room with a signed made by their family: "I can't be with you but I'm here loving you!"

I estimate airlines are burning through cash at £400,000 per minute. For comparison in the time it took today’s sole British Airways departure from London to Los Angeles to reach California, the world’s airlines will have lost a quarter of a billion pounds.

I made this graph to show much much sugar was in popular Easter egg chocolates.

This portrait is of a 2-year-old Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, in a dress with shoulder-length hair, 1884. According to the Smithsonian's site this was normal back then. #FranklinDRoosevelt #POTUS

I forecast the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, with the global economy contracting by 3% this year, with some economies shrinking about 35% this quarter — four times the 2008 financial crisis record.

For a number of years Jaguar Land Rover has been in financial difficulty and in recent weeks has been in talks for an over £1 billion Government support loan. However even if it succeeds in obtaining that amount it is after all a loan and not an outright grant.

TM Lewin Harveys Furniture Sunny Loans Byron Burger New Look Monsoon/Accessorize Victoria's Secret Microsoft Retail Wirecard Just some of the UK casualties so far in June. It's going to be a long, depressing summer for the UK. Of that fact make no mistake.

13, possibly more, universities in the UK could declare bankruptcy according a publication conducted by Institute for Fiscal Studies due to a decrease in international fee paying students. Imperial College London is a institution that relies on an intake of international students ifs.org.uk/uploads/BN300-…

My chart shows the biggest #economies in 2019 according to Gross Domestic Product in USD.

Dep Commissioner Sir Steve House Metropolitan Police said about the now-suspended white officer who placed his knee on a black man’s neck:- “The footage...is extremely disturbing. Some of the techniques used cause me great concern – they are not taught in police training”

2019 was another hit for the #music industry as worldwide recorded music revenues totaled $20.2bn USD, up 8.2bn from 2018. #Streaming is to thank for the industries resurgence after it bottomed out at in 2014 at $14bn. My estimates suggest 341m people paid a music sub in 2019

A South Florida man has been accused of fraudulently obtaining $3.9 million in #COVID19 relief loans and using some of the money to purchase a new Lamborghini #Huracán sports car and other luxury items. Even if true, did the terms of the loan agreement prevent such purchases?

We remember Dr Stephen Ward 57 years on from his passing away (19.10.1912, Lemsford - 3.8.1963, Chelsea). This is the last photograph taken of the late #DrStephenWard (afternoon of 2.8.1963) at Vale Court 21 Mallord St, Chelsea, London SW3 6AL. #ChristineKeeler #Profumo

Countries that are #OPEC members have diversified their export portfolios in response to declining oil prices and exports. Petroleum exports dropped from a 2012 high of $1.1b to just $565m in 2019, while other exports grew from $55m in 2000 to $515m in 2019. #oilandgas