Observer caught in social media storm after veering to the right with May op ed

The Observer is today facing a social media backlash after running an op ed from Conservative leader Theresa May that appears to mark a notable change in their political persuasion. Once revered as one of the few remaining mainstream newspaper outlets for Labour voters the rare editorial feature from May looks to cement a suspected shift the right. Detailing why “Labour voters should look afresh at the Conservatives” the PM repackaged much of her party conference speech in what political...

London Film Festival: First Look Reviews – Selected short films

CatcallsAfter flashing a couple of teenage girls, a man gets more than he bargained for in this well made horror from Kate Dolan. Like a lot of shorts, Catcalls feels a bit more like a scene from a feature that might be in its director’s future than a truly self-contained eight minute story, but that’s no bad thing in this case. Catcalls fits right in with not just the rising tide of female, and indeed feminist, driven horror but with...

Unique skateboarding production explores story telling in Palestine’s Jayyous skatepark

The skaters of the West Bank Jayyous Skatepark have been practicing tricks for a truly international production of A Skate Play – skatepark-based theatre first produced in Brooklyn, New York, five years ago.  This week the Jayyous Skatepark – built last year by international volunteers, skatepark experts from the UK's Skate Pal project, and locals from Skateqilya in the small village near the Palestinian city of Qalqilya – is set to host free outdoor performances of A Skate Play Monday – Friday. The performance,...

London Film Festival 2018: First Look Review – Mandy

When his beloved wife Mandy (Andrea Riseborough) is murdered in front of him by a gang of ‘Jesus freak’ bikers on industrial strength LSD, Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) goes on a rage, booze and drug fuelled rampage of bloody revenge. Just look at that summary. How cool does that sound? I should love this. I should be shouting from the rooftops that it’s a hallucinatory new exploitation classic that can stand with the best of the recent tributes to the...

PLAYLIST: Best of SEPTEMBER 2018

It’s autumn, people. The season of layers and sour, public transport BO is upon us. While you’re considering that mid-level tog duvet on the John Lewis website (*note: I may not know this site’s audience) enjoy some of September’s seasonally-melancholy bangers in our latest playlist round-up. The highlights here? Well, The Smashing Pumpkins are good again, which is a Halloween miracle. Fizzy Blood have gone all garage fuzz and written a total earworm, and Canterbury doomsters OHHMS are gearing up...

Ye Olde Bell Hotel & Spa, Barnby Moor: hotel review

By Maggie Majstrova As we rattle through the English countryside in a rather crowded train carriage, I’m struck by the number of weekend trip destinations afforded to my fellow Londoners by the UK’s extensive rail network. Having spent most of my life in the capital, I suspect I haven’t explored the rest of the country nearly as much as it deserves. Well, now’s a good a time as any. Located in the rural village of Barnby Moor on the border...

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