Michael Hogan

England, Hamburg

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

Writer. Editor. Dad. Doofus. Fan of cricket, ITFC, telly, tunes, old tut. Literary agent: @julietpickering @BFLAgency https://t.co/JriqaVvvq1

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Exclusive-China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say

5 days ago | finance.yahoo.com | Michael Hogan |Peter Hobson |Gus Trompiz

By Michael Hogan, Peter Hobson and Gus Trompiz HAMBURG/CANBERRA/PARIS (Reuters) -Chinese buyers bought between 400,000 and 500,000 metric tons of wheat from Australia and Canada in recent weeks, traders said, as heat threatens to damage crops in China’s agricultural heartlands. China is the world's top wheat grower and also imports large amounts of grain when domestic supply falls short of demand.
Exclusive-China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say

6 days ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Michael Hogan |Peter Hobson |Gus Trompiz
Soybeans, wheat, corn rise on trade war de-escalation hopes

1 week ago | zawya.com | Michael Hogan

Chicago soybeans, wheat and corn rose on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to announce a trade deal with Britain which along with upcoming U.S.-China talks in Switzerland could reduce trade tensions disrupting U.S. grains and oilseeds exports. Chicago Board of Trade most-active soybeans rose 0.7% to $10.46-1/2 a bushel at 1114 GMT, wheat rose 0.7% to $5.38-1/4 a bushel. Corn rose 0.3% to $4.50-3/4 a bushel, with gains limited by favourable weather for U.S. corn sowings.
The doctors will see you now! It’s the all-time top 20 TV medical dramas

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Michael Hogan

It’s been hailed as the greatest TV show of 2025 so far and the best medical drama in a generation. The Pitt has become the US’s most talked-about TV show. It has also become talked-about in the UK, mainly thanks to outrage that it hasn’t crossed the Atlantic yet. As speculation builds about The Pitt finding a British broadcaster – and ITV medi-thriller Malpractice returns – we’ve counted down the top 20 greatest TV medical dramas ever.
Zoe Ball's Radio 2 return was a shambolic, nostalgia-filled joy

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Hogan

She was taking over the slot previously occupied by Pick of the Pops, hosted by Mark Goodier, which has been bumped to Sunday teatime. A cannily nostalgic move, since it's where the chart countdown traditionally aired. Cue memories of hunching over the wireless, illegally recording Top 40 singles onto a TDK cassette. A guilty-sounding Ball made amends by inviting "Goodybags" along as a guest to choose throwback hits from 1983.
A spirit-breaking snoozefest

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Hogan

The chaotic Hollywood actor somehow also found time to offend actress Donna Preston with comments about her weight and reduce EastEnders' Patsy Palmer to tears by insulting her cooking. A brief but busy stint. Was it worth Rourke's reported £500,000 fee? Let's let the shareholders decide. There's been controversy over the nascent romance between Love Island alumnus Hughes and former US child star Siwa, more than a decade his junior.
from bulimia to the Top Gear crash, an honest and raw film about a truly positive role model

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Hogan

While recovering from "life-altering injuries", the daredevil became a recluse, struggling to leave the house for seven months due to crippling anxiety. He still suffers from panic attacks, phantom pains, nightmares and flashbacks. The 47-year-old even admits that sometimes he "wished I'd died" in the crash because it "would have been easier" than what he's endured since. He's now in a much happier place.
a homespun Succession with a dab of Dallas

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Hogan

Disinherited wife Sally (Nikki Amuka-Bird) launched a legal challenge. Dissolute son Gray ( John Simm, sporting an earring, black eye and bloodied nose) was being pursued by loan sharks and badly needed the payday. His brother John (Daniel Rigby) had been groomed to take over as CEO of the brick business but suddenly found himself frozen out, to the fury of his Lady Macbeth-esque wife (Zoë Tapper).
Jordan buys estimated 60,000 metric tons of wheat in tender, traders say

3 weeks ago | zawya.com | Michael Hogan

HAMBURG: Jordan's state grains buyer purchased about 60,000 metric tons of hard milling wheat to be sourced from optional origins in an international tender on Tuesday, traders said. It was believed to have been bought from trading house CHS at an estimated $261.70 a ton cost and freight included (c&f) for shipment in the second half of July, they said. Reports reflect assessments from traders and further estimates of prices and volumes are still possible later.
Which Celebrity Traitor will take the top prize?

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Hogan

Those headline names are joined in the 20-strong cast by (deep breath) TV presenter Kate Garraway, historian David Olusoga, rugby player Joe Marler, YouTube prankster Niko Omilana, actor Mark Bonnar, singers Paloma Faith and Cat Burns, actresses Ruth Codd and Tameka Empson, and comedians Nick Mohammed, Joe Wilkinson and Lucy Beaumont. Talk about a ragtag bunch skulking around that Caledonian castle.