Once there was a parent. You know the sort, always out for special treatment for their child, complaining if someone else gets to be Mary at Christmas, or if another child is praised for working hard and being kind and helpful, as opposed to their spoilt, idle, over-entitled progeny who...
By Professor Antonios Tsourdos, Head of the Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems Centre, Cranfield University A new House of Lords select committee inquiry is looking at how the smart technology around driverless cars and drones can evolve into a smart, autonomous transport system for the UK. The economic benefits from a...
Tom and Caroline’s little boy had just turned four when the couple first started thinking about extending their family. Dominic had brought untold joy to their lives and both had embraced parenthood with gusto. As they considered their new addition, their thoughts increasingly turned to the possibility of welcoming their...
By Math Morrison Yesterday two sets of football fans united off the pitch for a protest march. Charlton Athletic and Coventry City fans stood shoulder to shoulder in protest against their respective owners, owners who through their clueless knowledge of football seem hell-bent on running their clubs into the ground. Fifteen years...
No stranger to controversy, Oliver Stone continues his exploration of personal conflict enmeshed with the political, in his latest film Snowden. Bringing fresh perspective on Edward Snowden - the man, and his whistleblowing on covert civilian data monitoring by the NSA (National Security Agency), the film casts a paranoiac shadow...
By Alex Lodge (@alexlodgemusic | Insta @alexlodgemusic7) Alex Lodge is a music supervisor for film, TV and advertising at Thirty Two. Winter is coming, so get your ears round this box-fresh new list of weird electronica, spiritual jazz, broken beat, soul and other peculiar aural curios. We’re one week off...
By Marcus Hendriks The referendum on 23rd June was only the third in the history of the United Kingdom. In other words, it was only the third time that true, direct democracy was witnessed. With precedent set by a nation-wide vote on membership of the European Economic Community in 1975, it...
For a reason that I can't identify though accept to be stupid, my first listen of the new Nitkowski album came part way through reading a review of a festival I organised last month. Why I chose to pit two opposing centres of concentration against each other is beyond me....
Tired of spending time with family and friends? Fed up of switching off and relaxing after work? Then we’ve got the career for you! A former teacher from my own primary school was reminiscing about that era. “Oh, you’d have loved it. You just got to teach. It was wonderful.”...