Claude Littner

Entrepreneur. Trustee Blood Cancer UK . The Apprentice. Visiting Professor at UWL Claude Littner Business School. 'Single-Minded: my life in business’.

[University of West London @UniWestLondon]

Summer graduation countdown... 3 weeks to go! ☀️🎓

We can't wait to celebrate with the Class of 2026 at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham. 💙 Find out everything you need to know to prepare for your day on our graduation web page: https://t.co/2h6AFOAIHP

#UWLGraduation #LoveUWL

[Claire Coutinho @ClaireCoutinho]

Last night we voted against Ed Miliband’s new Net Zero target.

Why? Watch this.

Not a single Labour MP could say what it will mean for the cost of food or energy for our constituents - or for British jobs and industry.

They’re going to spend hundreds of billions of pounds of YOUR money and they didn’t even seem to care what it will mean for you.

Parliament should be better than this.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

July 13, 1985.

Wembley Stadium. London.

72,000 people packed into the stadium. Around 1.9 billion watched across more than 150 countries.

More than 75 artists performed at Live Aid.

Only one band owned the day.

They had just 21 minutes.

They walked on as a band many critics believed was fading.

They walked off as legends.

By 1985, Queen's biggest hits were already years old. Freddie Mercury had released a solo album, and there were genuine questions about the band's future.

Then came Live Aid.

Even organizer Bob Geldof was initially reluctant to include Queen, believing their best years were behind them. But after encouragement from promoter Harvey Goldsmith, they were added to the lineup.

Unlike almost every other act, Queen treated those 21 minutes like the most important performance of their lives.

For days they rehearsed at London's Shaw Theatre, timing every transition, every note, every second.

Nothing was left to chance.

At 6:41 p.m., Freddie Mercury walked onto the Wembley stage wearing white jeans, a white tank top, Adidas shoes, and carrying half of a microphone stand.

He opened with the piano intro to "Bohemian Rhapsody."

The stadium exploded.

Then came "Radio Ga Ga."

72,000 people clapped in perfect unison, creating one of the most iconic images in rock history.

Then Freddie did something unforgettable.

He stepped to the front of the stage and sang:

"Aaaaaay-o..."

The crowd answered.

He sang another phrase.

They answered again.

For nearly two minutes, Freddie Mercury turned an entire stadium into his choir.

No script.

No special effects.

Just one man controlling 72,000 voices.

Queen tore through "Hammer to Fall," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "We Will Rock You," and closed with "We Are the Champions."

Exactly 21 minutes after they began, they walked off.

Bob Geldof later called Queen the best band of the entire event, saying they understood Live Aid perfectly and "just went and smashed one hit after another."

Many historians and musicians believe those 21 minutes didn't just define Live Aid.

They saved Queen itself.

The performance reminded the band—and the world—exactly why they belonged together.

In 2005, a poll of music industry professionals voted Queen's Live Aid set the greatest live rock performance of all time.

Freddie Mercury died on November 24, 1991, at just 45 years old.

But on that July evening in 1985, for 21 unforgettable minutes, he didn't just perform.

He commanded a stadium, captivated a global audience, and delivered one of the greatest live performances music has ever witnessed.

[Essex Patriot @Essex_Patriot]

Andy Burnham not even warmed the seat in Parliament & already its come out he gave his wife a 4 million contract for EV vehicles.

How much more corruption do we have to put up with?

[Modern History @modernhistory]

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell

[Claude Littner @claudelittner]

Absolutely love 'Clarkson's Farm'.
Look after yourself! 🙏 Enjoying Season 5, and I'm excited for Season 6. 😃 😊

[Grifty @TheGriftReport]

Jeremy Clarkson reveals lifestyle changes he has made after battling aggressive prostate cancer so he can watch his grandchildren grow up

Jeremy Clarkson aged 66 said I really like seeing my grandchildren I want to watch them grow up I drive much more slowly I am a bit of a dawdler I go for walks a lot I have vegetarian food after battling aggressive prostate cancer diagnosed in May 2025.

He had emergency heart surgery in 2024 with two stents and underwent high intensity focused ultrasound treatment in August 2025 to zap the malignant tumour and is now in remission 11 months later.

Clarkson urged men to get checked saying this is why I have to say to everybody who is reading this please please please go and get checked it is not uncomfortable it is not undignified and it is a no brainer.

He described himself as without a doubt officially the worlds luckiest man and said it was an aggressive type of cancer it could have spread it could have gone into the pancreas and that would have been trouble.

Clarkson missed filming due to treatment but confirmed season 6 of Clarksons Farm is currently being filmed and is delighted to be back at work after surviving two health scares in less than a year.

His daughter Emily posted a photo with him on Fathers Day 2026 and quoted his message urging men to get checked while he has a newfound appreciation for life and slowing down to enjoy time with family.

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) is the film that cemented Marilyn Monroe’s image with the timeless song Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.
It was one of the movies that propelled Monroe to A‑list stardom, and it is also regarded as a work with subtle feminist undertones, since the female characters actively pursue their goals and are unafraid to assert their desires.

[Davie @AlendwlDavie]

Your annual reminder that this happened at Wimbledon! 🤣

[Claude Littner @claudelittner]

Yes! The best advice
Get checked, the earlier the better..

[The Farmer's Dog @FamersDog]

An update and a message from Jeremy.

“Thank you so much for all the kind messages I've had but now, an announcement.”

[Claude Littner @claudelittner]

https://t.co/GEbQqTZLKy

[The Farmer's Dog @FamersDog]

An update and a message from Jeremy.

“Thank you so much for all the kind messages I've had but now, an announcement.”

[University of West London @UniWestLondon]

Join our upcoming Open Day on 24 June!

🎒Undergraduates: 12pm - 5pm
🎓Postgraduates: 4pm - 7pm

Attend university and subject talks, explore our vibrant campuses and facilities, and find out how we can support you throughout your studies! 💙

Register: https://t.co/VRDo5mhuko

[🌸🎵 Beautiful Melody 🎶💖 @Ducnghia16]

Bridget, great soul and kind heart. How many unfortunate animals you've helped and saved❤

📽️Hollywood Beautiful Icons of the 70s-80s: Then and Now Transformation

[EALING.NEWS @_EalingNews]

Students at Ealing’s University of West London @UniWestLondon shared £15,000 in prize money last month after impressing entrepreneur Claude Littner @claudelittner in a business competition designed to put their commercial skills to the test.
https://t.co/LEp5dIrhAj

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

I absolutely love British humor as it once was 😂

[Tesla Owners Silicon Valley @teslaownersSV]

The greatest engineering feat yet

[Matty Dread @MattyDread]

Try not to laugh, Classic Dave Allen #Comedy #UKGold #UKComedy #Jokes #DaveAllen

[University of West London @UniWestLondon]

We're proud to share that UWL has won the NEON Widening Access Initiative Award for our Inclusive Reading Lists initiative! 👏💙

Read the full story 📰: https://t.co/J6GhI6FDWd

#UWL #NEONAwards #StudentExperience #Inclusion #LibraryServices

[Claude Littner @claudelittner]

Magnificent achievement 👏

[Claude Littner @claudelittner]

How incredible is that 👏 🙌 👍

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Brian May's PhD thesis sat in the loft of his Surrey home for 33 years. In 2006 — he put everything in his life on hold for a full year, went back to Imperial College, and finished it. His professor said he had a mountain to climb reviewing 30 years of scientific work. Brian May climbed it anyway. The most extraordinary act of academic commitment in rock history.

In 1970 — Brian May began a PhD in astrophysics at Imperial College London.

He supplemented his grant with income from part-time teaching and playing in bands with Roger Taylor. Soon they were joined by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon. Queen was formed.

For four years — Brian tried to do both.

His doctoral thesis on interplanetary dust was taking shape. But the grant was running out. And music was beginning to take over his life.

In 1974 — before leaving — he co-authored two research papers based on his work at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain.

Then he made a decision.

He abandoned his thesis — or more exactly, as he put it himself — he put it on the back burner. And the rest is history.

The 48,000-word thesis — Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud — was stored in the loft of his home in Surrey.

It stayed there for 33 years.

Then in 2006 — something changed.

Brian told Time magazine — "Suddenly my subject became very in-demand again. I started talking about astronomy again to people who said — 'Why don't you still do it?' I put everything — and I mean everything — on hold for a year. And they put me in a little office in Imperial College and I got down to it."

His professor was honest about what awaited him.

Professor Rowan-Robinson said — "Brian brought along print outs of what he had written in 1974. It was then that I realised Brian was going to have a mountain to climb — reviewing 30 years of work."

Brian May climbed it.

He re-registered for his PhD in 2006. Less than a year later — he submitted it successfully.

In 2007 — Brian Harold May was awarded his PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London.

Thirty-three years after he first abandoned it.

For a band called Queen.

He sacrificed his academic career to play rock and roll.

Then sacrificed a year of his rock career to finish what he had started.

Some people simply cannot leave things undone.

[Claude Littner @claudelittner]

@ClaudiaBryan01 😍 lovely