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Who is Oscar Levant? On myriad levels, this is the question both we and Doug Wright’s play, coming to London after a Tony ...
Read our review of Doug Wright’s Tony-winning play *Good Night, Oscar*, now in performances at the Barbican to 21 September.
Doug Wright MBE announced today that he will bid farewell to McDonald’s after 44 years. The McDonald’s stalwart is selling his restaurant empire, with 16 restaurants initially returning to the ...
Doug Wright MBE, affectionately known across the region as Mr McDonald’s, is selling his 26-strong restaurant empire in the Midlands after 44 years with the burger giant. Some 16 restaurants will ...
Sean Hayes stars in a strictly-limited run at The Barbican this summer. Nothing can prepare you for a viewing of Good Night, ...
A long-time McDonald's franchisee is bidding farewell to the fast food chain after 44 years. Doug Wright MBE is selling his restaurant business, with 16 restaurants initially returning to the ...
29 Jul 2025, 06:00 Doug Wright MBE (image credit: Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce) A long-time McDonald's franchisee is bidding farewell to the fast food chain after 44 years. Doug Wright MBE ...
Environmental groups and independent scientists are criticizing a report assembled by a small team of well-known climate ...
A successful businessman who started life at McDonald’s as a 93p-an-hour cleaner and became one of the firm’s most successful franchise owners is saying goodbye after 44 years. Doug Wright MBE ...
Doug Wright MBE, owner of 26 McDonald's outlets, is bidding farewell to the fast food company after 44 years. It closes a chapter on a career that began on July 1, 1981 when Mr Wright, aged 16 ...
WBGO's Doug Doyle spoke with Lizz Wright who has made Madison Square Park a stop on her worldwide tour of her latest album ...
A McDonald's franchisee who famously started with the company as a teenaged cleaner has announced his retirement from the restaurant chain. Doug Wright has built up his portfolio of fast-food ...