By Michael McNulty Although Quest is not an overtly political film, it is moored in the choppy waters of America’s racial, social and political tensions. Jonathan Olshefski never takes a stand or pushes an agenda, instead he provides an intimate portrait of a struggling family trying to survive. Centring on ...
Reflecting on a not so insignificant golf course which became the victim of a face lift.
Even in your wildest dreams, could you honestly imagine ever opening a restaurant called ‘Plum Plum’? Merging the Chinese (‘Mei’) and Japanese (‘Ume’) words for the firm, juicy stone fruit, Mei Ume is the latest restaurant to open within the Four Seasons at Ten Trinity Square, joining La Dame de ...
We’re so close! The start of the 2017/18 Premier League season is a mere two days away, when Arsenal play Leicester on Friday. For Spurs, it’s a trip to St James’s Park on Sunday. How hyped am I? Not very. This summer is shaping up to be something of a ...
Green fingered protesters are fighting plans to build houses on London's oldest allotments, dating back to pre-Victorian days. Northfields Allotments, founded in 1832, faces a threat from plans to build a multi-storey social housing block and private apartments on the site. The site in Ealing, west London, consisting of 141 ...
The parents of a three-year-old boy fighting a rare form of cancer are devastated after he missed the deadline for a potentially lifesaving drug trial - by just 14 days. Little Oliver Welch was diagnosed with cancer of the specialised nerve cells known as neuroblastoma two weeks after the cut-off ...
Donald Trump has landed himself in hot water once again after announcing that transgender people will not be allowed to serve in the US military. The President cited analysis carried out last year that care for transgender people in the military would add $8.4 million to the total medical costs ...
A 16-year-old boy killed a Polish man with a single "Superman" punch to the head after laughing about his English, a jury heard today (tue). Arkadisusz Jozwik, 40, known as Arek, suffered skull fractures and fatal brain injuries after being hit from behind in a show of "immature bravado" by ...
By Michael McNulty With Orange is the New Black’s, albeit slightly disappointing, season 5 now well and truly behind us, you may find yourself thirsting after another prison set drama. Look no further. Here to satisfy your needs is Jules Dassin’s 1947 film, Brute Force. Set in Westgate Penitentiary, a ...