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Glasgow Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Martin Compston news, interviews and updates on the actor
He joined Aberdeen's youth team as a teen and then signed professionally with his hometown club, Greenock Morton. He made two substitute appearances in the 2001–02 Scottish Football League season before stepping away from the game to pursue acting. Compston during a training session at Champneys Tring ahead of the Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2024 match (Image: Nigel French/PA Wire) Compston's first attempt at acting was for Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen which launched his career. Read on for all the latest Martin Compston news, interviews and updates. Latest Martin Compston news As reported by the Glasgow Times, here is a selection of the latest Martin Compston news stories. First look at Martin Compston in hit ITV drama Red Eye Martin Compston revealed worst thing about his 41st birthday Plush Renfrewshire hotel visited by celebs reopened after makeover Martin Compston's wife Martin Compston is married to Tianna Chanel Flynn, an American actress. They tied the knot at his family's chapel in Greenock in 2016. They have a son together. Martin Compston and his wife Tianna Chanel Flynn (Image: Newsquest) Martin Compston new series Compston is set to feature in the second series of hit ITV drama Red Eye alongside Jing Lusi, who returns as DS Hana Li. ITV shared a first look at the new series on social media (Image: ITV) The thriller was one of ITV's top 10 dramas of 2024 and saw more than eight million viewers tune in with 29.3m streams on ITVX. The actor was also recently seen in Amazon Prime's Fear, a three-part psychological thriller which was filmed in Glasgow. The show had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in February and was released on Prime in March. Martin Compston in Fear (Image: Kirsty Ellis/Prime Video) The series is about a family who are 'pushed to their absolute limits'. It also stars Anjli Mohindra, Solly McLeod, and Dumbarton's BAFTA-award-winning actor James Cosmo, among others. Martin Compston movies and TV shows Martin Compston is best known for his standout roles in hit TV series and popular films. His popular TV series include his role as DI Steve Arnott in Line of Duty and Ewan Brodie in the beloved BBC show Monarch of the Glen. Some of his movies are Sweet Sixteen, The Wee Man, and Mary Queen of Scots. Martin Compston's height Compston is 5′ 8. Martin Compston's age Martin Compston turned 41 on May 8. What football team does Martin Compston support? Compston is a Celtic fan. The actor partied with Hoops players after they won the Premier Sports Cup Final in 2024. Martin Compston podcast Martin Compston co-hosts the Restless Natives podcast with broadcaster Gordon Smart. The weekly podcast was launched in August 2022, where the duo set themselves 'missions', inspired by the 1985 Scottish film Restless Natives, where they plot new schemes for fun and laughs. Where does Martin Compston live? The actor lives with his wife and son in Las Vegas. He also owns a flat in Greenock to be near his parents on trips back home. Martin Compston Norwegian Fling Norwegian Fling is a six-part BBC Scotland travel series in which Compston and Phil MacHugh retrace Norway's length, from Oslo to the Arctic Circle, on a 2,000-mile road trip. The pair dive into modern Norwegian culture, from roller-skiing and sky-jump zip-lining near Oslo to crowd-surfing at a Black Metal gig and getting up close with a wolf in the wild.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Martin Compston news, interviews and updates on the beloved actor
Martin Compston is a Greenock-born actor and former professional footballer. He joined Aberdeen's youth team as a teen and then signed professionally with his hometown club, Greenock Morton. He made two substitute appearances in the 2001–02 Scottish Football League season before stepping away from the game to pursue acting. Compston during a training session at Champneys Tring ahead of the Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2024 match (Image: Nigel French/PA Wire) Compston's first attempt at acting was for Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen which launched his career. Read on for all the latest Martin Compston news, interviews and updates. As reported by the Glasgow Times, here is a selection of the latest Martin Compston news stories. First look at Martin Compston in hit ITV drama Red Eye Martin Compston revealed worst thing about his 41st birthday Plush Renfrewshire hotel visited by celebs reopened after makeover Martin Compston is married to Tianna Chanel Flynn, an American actress. They tied the knot at his family's chapel in Greenock in 2016. They have a son together. Martin Compston and his wife Tianna Chanel Flynn (Image: Newsquest) Compston is set to feature in the second series of hit ITV drama Red Eye alongside Jing Lusi, who returns as DS Hana Li. ITV shared a first look at the new series on social media (Image: ITV) The thriller was one of ITV's top 10 dramas of 2024 and saw more than eight million viewers tune in with 29.3m streams on ITVX. The actor was also recently seen in Amazon Prime's Fear, a three-part psychological thriller which was filmed in Glasgow. The show had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in February and was released on Prime in March. Martin Compston in Fear (Image: Kirsty Ellis/Prime Video) The series is about a family who are 'pushed to their absolute limits'. It also stars Anjli Mohindra, Solly McLeod, and Dumbarton's BAFTA-award-winning actor James Cosmo, among others. Martin Compston is best known for his standout roles in hit TV series and popular films. His popular TV series include his role as DI Steve Arnott in Line of Duty and Ewan Brodie in the beloved BBC show Monarch of the Glen. Some of his movies are Sweet Sixteen, The Wee Man, and Mary Queen of Scots. Compston is 5′ 8. Martin Compston turned 41 on May 8. Compston is a Celtic fan. The actor partied with Hoops players after they won the Premier Sports Cup Final in 2024. Martin Compston co-hosts the Restless Natives podcast with broadcaster Gordon Smart. The weekly podcast was launched in August 2022, where the duo set themselves 'missions', inspired by the 1985 Scottish film Restless Natives, where they plot new schemes for fun and laughs. The actor lives with his wife and son in Las Vegas. He also owns a flat in Greenock to be near his parents on trips back home. Norwegian Fling is a six-part BBC Scotland travel series in which Compston and Phil MacHugh retrace Norway's length, from Oslo to the Arctic Circle, on a 2,000-mile road trip. The pair dive into modern Norwegian culture, from roller-skiing and sky-jump zip-lining near Oslo to crowd-surfing at a Black Metal gig and getting up close with a wolf in the wild.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
As land and almond prices fall, more San Joaquin Valley farmers face bankruptcy
Farmer Jim Maxwell has weathered more than a few rough patches in his long agricultural career. As an advisor, he's now helping farmers and lenders navigate through what some are calling a perfect storm of financial trouble. Low commodity prices, declining land values, and a tightening credit market have all contributed to increased anxiety for San Joaquin Valley farmers, especially almond growers. In 2024, there were 216 farm bankruptcies nationwide, an increase of 55% from the previous year. Of that number, California had the most with 17 farms falling into bankruptcy. Local bankruptcy attorneys and farming experts said they are fielding multiple calls from growers trying to fend off bankruptcy. 'I spend a significant portion of my work day talking to banks and farmers to try and help them get through these challenging times,' said Maxwell, owner of Agriland, a farm management company in Madera. 'And it is not over yet.' Hardest hit in the San Joaquin Valley are almond farmers, whose lenders have grown increasingly anxious over a growers ability to pay their debts. What is causing farmers to file for bankruptcy? Several Fresno bankruptcy attorneys said the problem began when the price for almonds began dropping. Over the years, almond prices have gone down from a high of $4 a pound in 2014 to about $2 a pound currently. And while the price continues to inch upward due to tight supplies, it can't go up fast enough to cover the higher interest rates and other farming increases such as labor. Fresno bankruptcy attorney Peter Fear said he has farmer clients who used to pay 3-4 percent interest on their loans who are now paying 8 percent and 9 percent. 'When that happens it sucks all the profit from your farm and makes you non profitable,' Fear said. 'And with low prices for almonds, people had to pull out all the stops to try and keep going for two or three years.' This year, Fear has represented two farmers in bankruptcy court. He expects more. 'For every case you file, you end up talking to at least six or seven other farmers who are struggling,' Fear said. 'It is not a good situation.' Although still one of the largest crops grown in California at 1.3 million acres, the almond industry has seen several major players either file for bankruptcy or be sued for defaulting on their loans. One of the biggest to fall was Bay Area businessman John Vidovich, who farms in several San Joaquin Valley counties. He was sued by a lender for allegedly defaulting on $105 million in loans. Also taking a financial tumble was Trinitas Advantaged Agricultural Partners and Trinitas Farming LLC that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Feb. 19 after amassing $188 million of debt. The Oakdale-based Trinitas Farming developed and operated 17 separate almond ranches on 8,680 acres in Fresno, Tulare, San Joaquin, Contra Costa and Solano counties. The company folded before it could harvest its first crop. It isn't just major players folding. Shawn Gill who farms almonds in Fresno, Madera, Sutter, Glenn and Placer counties, owes more than $7 million to lenders. He filed a Chapter 12 bankruptcy that allows him to reorganize his debts while continuing to operate his farm. According to court filings, Gill operates Capital Farms Inc., and was sued by one of his lenders for being in default on his loans. Also complicating matters was the loss of several major growers due to bankruptcy. Thousands of acres of farmland have slowly become available, causing the price per acre to drop. On the westside of Fresno and Madera counties an acre of almonds sold for $22,000 in 2022. That number dropped to a high of $12,000 in 2023. The decline on the east side of the Valley was less significant. In 2022, an acre of almonds was $48,000 while it dropped to $42,000 an acre in 2023. The decline in land value led to another problem for farmers, a loss of collateral to back up their loans. 'With the loss of those large farming entities you have a flood of land on the market and it depressed the land values and so now you no longer have the collateral you need,' said Hagop Bedoyan, a bankruptcy attorney in Fresno. 'Lenders like to see more of an equity cushion.' Bedoyan added that lenders not only want farmers to have more equity but they are also requiring farmers to have two sources of water, surface and well water. Riley Walter, a Fresno bankruptcy attorney who has handled many large clients, said part of the current problem was caused by the rush to plant almonds, a crop that found a lucrative home overseas. 'Many farmers went all in and planted almonds, but when the almond prices dropped they got really hammered,' Walter said in an email. Walter added that farmers who grow almonds and grapes are experiencing a double-whammy. California grape growers are struggling with declining consumer demand, an oversupply and competition from foreign bulk wine producers. 'We all need to remember that there's been about 15 years of very good profitability for most farmers,' Walter said 'And during that time, both borrowers and lenders have become a little lax. We also need to remember the 80/20 rule – 80% of the farmers are not leveraged and 20% are.'
Perth Now
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Lily Allen 'attracted to danger and fear' of new projects
Lily Allen is "attracted to danger and fear" of doing new things. The 40-year-old singer made her West End debut in Danny Robins' thriller '2.22 - A Ghost Story' in 2021, in which she played lead character Jenny, a woman who thinks her London home is haunted and a ghost visits her child at 2.22am every night. And because it was Lily's first stage show, it was the idea of the unknown that made her sign up for it. The 'Fear' hitmaker told her radio personality pal Miquita Oliver, 41, on the latest episode of their 'Miss Me?' podcast: "I have to say, when I signed on to do '2.22', that first play that I did, I don't know. I, kind of like, signed on to it because it seemed so scary, and I'm attracted to danger and fear in that way." However, doing '2.22 - A Ghost Story' did not turn out to be scary at all for Lily, and she had a lot of fun creating "close bonds" with the cast members, including horror TV series 'Archive 81' star Julia Chan, 42, Disney's live-action 'Snow White' film actor, Hadley Fraser, 45, and Jake Wood, 52, from the hit UK soap opera, 'EastEnders'. The 'Smile' performer added: "I was not anticipating having as much fun on it as I did and, you know, forming such close bonds with the people that were on it ... "It was really a blast." Lily - who previously has battled "emotional turmoil" following her split from 50-year-old actor David Harbour in 2024 - has admitted she feels her "best" self when she is working. The 'Everything's Just Wonderful' singer said: "I find that I'm the best, the most fun when I'm working, actually." Lily - who previously said she was attempting to be "less of a narcissist" in 2025 - is two weeks into her social media hiatus, and described how she dealt with an "extremely heavy" wave of "sadness" and "loneliness" after she initially ditched it. The star even compared her social media break to "withdrawing from drugs". Lily - who lives in New York with her two daughters, Ethel, 13, and Marnie, 12, whom she has with her 47-year-old ex-husband Sam Cooper - said: "I think, like, the beginning of last week, I was feeling incredibly low, like lower than I felt in months. It was extremely heavy. This was like a different kind of sadness, heaviness, loneliness, whatever. "And then I realised, maybe, this is because I'm not filling the gaps with scrolling. I've suddenly got this time for, like, reflection, or, do you know what I mean? "Because I don't have that much to do here in New York during the day. I run, sort of like, various errands, and I get food ready for the girls when they get home from school, and I meet up with people for lunch, and I'm very active in my recovery. But in terms of work, there's not much going on. "And so I guess I would find myself sitting on Instagram and scrolling, or being narcissistic and posting and reading my responses to my - getting that dopamine fix. "And I haven't had it for nearly two weeks. And I think it made me initially really sad. I think I was having, like, withdrawal symptoms from it. "It was horrible. I mean, I really did feel like I was withdrawing from drugs or something. It was crazy. But it took me a minute to think, 'Oh, yeah, it's probably that."
Indian Express
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
The best books on Donald Trump
From rebuking national leaders for not wearing suits to receiving letters that made him fall in love with one of the world's most autocratic leaders to claiming to have negotiated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan over the 'centuries old' dispute over Kashmir, Donald Trump has done it all in a short span of time into his second term. The 45th and 47th (and he insists he was the 46th one as well) President of the United States of America is seldom far from the spotlight. Here are some books that offer a glimpse into the most powerful man in the world: Those who want to know how Donald Trump works in the White House will be caught between two trilogies — the highly controversial Fire and Fury (which Trump tried to stop from being published), Siege and Landslide, by Michael Wolff; and Fear, Rage and Peril by the legendary Bob Woodward, who was part of the Woodward-Bernstein team whose All the President's Men brought down the Nixon administration. We will keep it simple: while Wolff's work covers a lot of Trump's personal life and is likely to shock you more deeply, Woodward's work is more organised and objective, although it too does not portray Trump in a flattering light (if that were indeed possible). What's more, Woodward's style of writing revolves around conversations which he writes in direct speech, which makes his books much easier to read. The books actually read like a blend between a Tom Clancy thriller and Ripley's Believe It or Not – Fear actually begins with Trump's associates actually hiding a document from the US President to ensure that he does not sign it (it would have ended the special treaty between US and its ally South Korea if he had!), Rage revolves around Trump's (mis)handling of the COVID situation, his impending impeachment and yes, you get references to the letters sent by North Korea's Kim Jong Un. 'I got a very beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un yesterday,' Trump tells reporters, adding 'I would love to give it to you. I really would. Maybe – maybe sometime I will.' Peril, the final instalment of the trilogy (co authored by Robert Costa), covers the final days of Trump's first administration, including his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, and also covers Joe Biden's campaign. These are all big books, spanning well over 400 pages each, but you will race through them, with a sense of shock and awe! Unlike Wolff, Woodward does not look too closely at Trump's domestic life, but his style of narration leaves us with a very carefully etched image of the President, often in his own words. One can even read the interviews with Trump on which Woodward based his book in The Trump Tapes. Knowing Woodward, we are reasonably sure that he will be writing more books on Trump, but at this time, if you want to read a book on Trump's surprising re-election, Michael Wolff's All or Nothing is easily the best option. Its revelations about Trump's strained relationship with Melania Trump have already stirred controversy and White House Communications Director Michael Cheung has denounced Wolff as a 'lying bag of s**'. We are not surprised. A honorable mention also needs to be made of The Divider by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, which covers Trump's first term in office in almost alarming detail, even narrating how his hair is arranged (a 'three-step process') and cemented with TRESemme' TRES TWO hair spray (extra hold), a can of which is carried by an aide everywhere the President goes. One also gets to know his obsession with getting photographed at eye-level and why he loves holding conferences outdoors! If you want to know the complete Donald Trump story from the very beginning, then you will have to choose between two meticulously researched books: Lucky Loser by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, and Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman. If we had to pick one, we would go with Confidence Man, in which Haberman dismantles the Trump myth, beginning from his claim of how he realised 'I don't want to be made anybody's sucker' when he saw an engineer not being given credit for building a bridge during its inauguration on a day when 'the rain was coming down for hours'. Haberman points out that not only did the engineer get a round of applause from the crowd, but that it was also a sunny day. As the book traces Trump's rise, Haberman literally unravels the mythos Trump has built around himself, revealing a person who is prone to act at the spur of the moment, frequently (sometimes fortunately) forgets things and is utterly obsessed with himself and the spotlight, generally both together. He even wanted to be a Hollywood star. Whereas Wolff and Woodward's work show Trump in an often-brutal, narcissistic light, Haberman reveals that Trump was capable of being utterly charming, and often surprised first time visitors to the White House with his humour and concern. 'The all-capitalized tweets that projected anger were sometimes sent while he was laughing about the same topic,' she writes. Confidence Man's detailed and objective narration makes it the perfect book to read about Trump, although you do not get the intensity of Trump in the White House that Woodward's trilogy delivers. Lucky Loser is a good read too, but we think Haberman tells the better story. Has any world leader used Twitter as effectively as Donald Trump? The US President has used the social network to announce major decisions (including the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan) and to rain invective on his enemies and rivals. And yet he was not always like this. Peter Oborne traces Trump's Twitter journey in How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language, starting with his first tweet on 4 May, 2009, announcing that he would be appearing on the David Letterman show to his bombastic use of the medium to get this message through as he raced to the White House, analysing key tweets in detail. Unfortunately, the book ends in 2017, well before Musk took over Twitter and also emerged as Trump's biggest ally. We would all love an update of this one, but in the meantime, this is still a must-read for all those interested in communication strategy and of course, in Donald Trump.
