A herd of alpacas have been given hilarious hairdos - including one styled to look like a poodle and another like a DINOSAUR. Helen Kendall Smith, 53, cut ten of the 30-strong flock's locks to celebrate her tenth year of breeding the animals. The mum-of-three, of Cirencester, Glos., sketched some ...
The programme for this year’s Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2017 has just been announced. The festival, led by London Arts in Health Forum, takes place from 12-18 June and features hundreds of events including talks, discussions, theatre shows, mass sing-a-longs, music performances, dance, film screenings, death cafes, art exhibitions and ...
By Michael McNulty Released in 1960 and based on José Giovanni’s novel of the same name, which chronicled his involvement in a real life escape plan from Parisian prison La Santé, Le Trou was Jacques Becker’s 13th and final film. He died during the films post-production leaving his son, Jean, ...
The Penguin Essentials 'are essential reads' that include 'some of the most important books from the last 100 years – with covers designed by contemporary artists so that they feel fresh and unexpected, appealing to a new generation of readers.' (Including the super-stylish Dave Eggers cover above!) Titles range through ...
By Linda Marric There is something rather familiar about the new Jamie Foxx vehicle Sleepless, and it isn’t just because the film has been adapted from a far superior French movie. What is familiar about it is its attempt at emulating the highly successful Fast and Furious franchise; it’s big, ...
By James McAllister Richard Thorncroft (Julian Barratt) is Mindhorn… or rather he was Mindhorn, back in the 80s. Armed with a robotic eye that allowed him to “literally see truth”, Detective Bruce P. Mindhorn was the Isle of Man’s answer to Bergerac; a treasured TV sleuth with dapper looks and ...
Matthew Mole of Scanners has a new album as ARVI and not only is it rather good, he's also given TLE Music a sneak preview of ARVI's debut album The Law - see below, as well as the first video to Anything You Want. The album features many of the accomplished, lush melodies of Scanners' dark ...
It was with a certain sense of delight that I received a news release this morning noting a potential price hike on olive oil following environmental factors that put 19.8 per cent on the price back in 2015. Granted I use olive oil in most of my cooking, but coupled with the news that avocado ...
Paranoid? She might well be. However, accusing the EU of trying to affect the UK election could be seen as an attempt to create hate figures, and rally nationalism across the UK, in, ironically, a cynical ploy to affect the UK election result. Exactly what she says the EU is ...