True historical stories inspire Carnegie and Greenaway winners

Tanya Landman's Buffalo Soldier won the Carnegie medal and was influenced by the true story of former slave Cathy Williams, who enlisted as a man in the US army.

Debut author William Grill won the Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrated book Shackleton's Journey.

At 25 he is the youngest winner of the medal since 1960.

South African Tycoon buys New Look fashion retailer

Brait, controlled by retail billionaire Christo Wiese, has bought a 90% stake in the budget fashion chain.

 

The family of Tom Singh, who founded New Look in 1969, and other senior management, will hold the remaining 10% stake.

New Look, which has more than 800 stores in 21 countries, is being sold by private equity firms Apax and Permira.

Plot to Star Wars spin-off Rogue One revealed to fans

A new Star Wars movie will tell the story of a mission by a group of resistance fighters to steal plans to the infamous Death Star.

 

The plot of Rogue One was revealed to fans at the Star Wars Celebration convention in California on Saturday. 

Art auctions rake in N224.8m in 2014

While the nation’s fortunes from its mono product have been shrinking as a result of dipping crude oil prices in the international market, art has been raking in rising revenue from auction sales.

For many years, the income from art sales had been on the increase, making a significant contribution to the nation’s economy, until lately, when a turn in the economy forced a decline.

 

For the first time in five years, sales in the Nigerian art market nosedived to N224. 8 million in 2014 against N286.6 million and N232 million in 2013 and 2012 respectively, recording a 27 percent drop when compared to the sales in 2013.