Setting a film in an orphanage, one expects a tale filled with suffering. My Life As A Courgette is a creative accomplishment, managing to be heartwarming and light, even when it’s touching upon the dark subject matter of childhood pain and abandonment. This beautifully animated film is based on a ...
This Facebook comment about Jeremy Corbyn and the General Election is going viral on social media. Read it and decide if your opinion has been influenced by the media.
Of all the ways to be roused on a Sunday morning I can think of plenty worse than the dulcet tones of leather on willow emanating from the local cricket field, chirping birds outside the window or the rustle of thick Sunday newspapers next to your bed. Mixed with the homely ...
Properly rehydrating after sport is a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of the body's recovery - namely because it can be such a chore. But a simple new tablet could have the solution. PHIZZ was founded in the UK by Daniel Cray, Rory Simmance-Freemantle and Jon Knight who all have ...
The Maccabees have announced another show in the lead up to their upcoming farewell tour, which will raise funds for the MS Society. The announcement comes on World MS Day. The exclusive gig will take place at Omeara in London Bridge on Friday 16 June. It’s been organised by guitarists ...
With change or revolution comes a breakdown in convention and relationships between things have to be re-established and new narratives invented. I get this from reading journalist and broadcaster Paul Mason’s Wtf is Eleni Haifa? inspired by Viginia Woolf’s argument with Arnold Bennett who believed that after WW1 writers could ...
A song branding Theresa May a liar is on track to tip Justin Bieber off the top of the UK charts. Captain Ska's Liar Liar GE2017 came in at number three on Wednesday and is expected to gain a lot of traction in the lead up to the General Election. ...
Brewed: Greenwich, London Strength: 4.5% ABV Founded at the turn of the millennium in a small flat in Greenwich by Brew Master Alastair Hook and some like minded friends, Meantime has since become one of the leading breweries in the British Craft Beer revolution. Having set up their state-of-the-art brewery in 2010, just a ...
President Trump has decided to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord according to Axios. Two sources with direct knowledge of the decision leaked the information today, with details on how the withdrawal will be executed being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. A full, ...
Mentor Tashi kissed by sunset in the shala, built in the mountains of Amieira, Oleiros. © Gareth Iwan Jones Where did I go? Vale De Moses, Portugal 1. My favourite yoga class involved no yoga. I am the most competitive yogi in the room. ...
Millions of Brits are lacking basic kitchen skills – with one in five admitting they can’t boil an egg, a study has found. Instead of a perfectly cooked egg, a fifth admit they end up with yolks which are too hard-boiled to dip, whites which are still runny or even ...
Cheeky Jeremy Corbyn supporters are attempting to drum up votes by printing leaflets which say "Stormzy says vote Labour". The leaflet, handed out in Croydon, south London, claims the Tories hold 165 votes adding that "even you're dad's got more Facebook friends". It was shared by Labour activists thousands of ...
A fish and chip van was completely gutted after it burst into flames. The Frying Squad mobile van went up in flames on a quiet residential street, leaving one man with minor burns. London Fire Brigade were called to the posh street in Wimbledon, south west London, just after 4pm ...
Within his 1952 opus, The Old Man and the Sea - the final novel to be published during his lifetime – Ernest Hemingway wrote: “But thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them; although they are more able and more noble.” Of all the pearls ...
Women are judged negatively if they choose to take maternity leave – and if they don’t – new research suggests. In a study of workers’ attitudes, mothers who took time off to care for babies were seen as less committed and competent at work. Meanwhile, those who continued working were ...
By Paul de Hoest, Green Party Candidate for South West Hertfordshire Inequality has widened, young people are priced out of the housing market and Government debt keeps going up. The only answer the Tories have is that we need more of the austerity medicine which means: less welfare, less spending ...
ArcTanGent Festival 2017 has revealed the final two bands for the line up, with both the mighty Ho99o9 and Shitwife being added to this years' event. From festival booker, James Scarlett - "Ho99o9 and Shitwife are genuinely two of the most mind-blowing live bands I’ve seen this year. Ho99o9 in ...
A business owner has said he will be moving his multi-million pound empire to Spain because of Brexit. Speaking to LBC's James O'Brien he said he has already begun the process of moving his business to Spain, regardless of the outcome of the negotiations. Despite firms remaining relatively upbeat amidst the uncertainty ...
Given that they hold so much influence over our hearts and minds, it’s a bit of a problem for our democracy that the majority of the UK press is owned by a handful of foreign-based billionaires, who predominantly back the Tories.. The proprietors of our favourite newspapers have significant financial interests ...