Film Review: On Body and Soul
Filmmakers have always enjoyed bringing us unlikely love stories. Whether it is Annie Hall, Harold and Maude, Her, or even Beauty and the Beast there are plenty of films that have shown how love can blossom in the most challenging of environments and circumstances. With On Body and Soul, the latest feature from Ildikó Enyedi, we see a re-imagination of this old formulae. Set in a Budapest abattoir, On Body and Soul follows Endre (Géza Morcsányi) the financial director and...
Sheikh snaps up two Knightsbridge apartments for £25m – so he can be within walking distance of Harrods
An ultra-wealthy sheikh has bought two apartments worth £25million next to Harrods - the highest value flat sale in Knightsbridge for more than two years. The family from the Sultanate of Oman have snapped up two period properties so they can be within walking distance of the world-famous department store. Both flats, which are refurbished and dressed to the highest standard, are located in grand period buildings a 10-minute walk from each other. The first is a 6,000 sq ft...
This house could be yours for £35,000 – but there’s a catch
House-hunters could snap up this three storey property for as little as £35,000 but it comes with a catch - as there's a TREE growing through the middle of it. The neglected building in King Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, has been sitting empty since it closed its doors as a funeral parlour ten years ago. Since then a sprawling tree has been growing on the top floor of the property and branches and leaves now spill out of the window. Developers...
Merkel odds-on to form Jamaica Coalition
Angela Merkel is odds-on to piece together a so-called ‘Jamaica Coalition’ in the wake of her underwhelming victory in Sunday’s German federal elections. Merkel will enter her fourth term as Chancellor with just one third of the vote and she is now expected to partner with the yellow FDP party and the Greens to form a Jamaican collation. The term refers to an association between the symbolic colours of German parties in such a coalition — black for the conservative CDU/CSU; yellow...
Ugly fish in Plymouth’s waters that’s sparked a multi-million ‘black gold rush’
British fishermen are enjoying a 'black gold rush' as demand for cuttlefish hits all time high thanks to soaring demand from abroad - while it is virtually ignored as 'too ugly' to eat here. Fishermen from across the UK are flocking to the South West to land the inky mollusc - which is related to the squid - in record numbers. They are taking advantage of the lack of quotas with 100 tonnes being landed by just five or six...
Naked ‘human canvases’ spotted in London today
A troupe of naked ‘human canvases’ has been spotted in London today. The human canvases, created by award-winning body paint artist Sarah Attwell, were commissioned to highlight Britain’s disconnect with the art world. According to new research one in six Brits say they have never set foot in an art gallery, with half of those polled saying they haven't visited one in the last two years. Nearly a quarter of Brits were unable to name Van Gogh as the artist who painted...
Mercedes driver smashed through wall into River Thames at 80mph before abandoning his motor
A Mercedes driver had a lucky escape when he ploughed his luxury motor through a wall into a RIVER – before abandoning the car. The expensive German motor’s front end plunged into the River Thames, leaving the windscreen smashed. Pictures taken at the scene show the flash motor with the driver’s door swung open, as neighbours described how the owner walked away and abandoned it near the railway station in Oxford at around 6pm on Friday (22/9). Residents said the...
This is how long a woman’s career is set back by having a baby
Having a baby sets a woman's career back six years, according to a study of mothers. Researchers found becoming a mum can lead to missed promotion opportunities, issues caused by staff, management or procedural changes in the workplace as well as the fact new mum's arrive back at work with different priorities. Around half of those polled said having a baby had a negative effect on their career, with 42 per cent of them believing they would be in a...
Fish have “complex personalities’ suggests new study
Fish have "complex" personalities, according to new research. Scientists studied how tiny guppies behaved in various situations, and found complex differences between individual fish. The researchers tested whether differences could be measured on a "simple spectrum" of how risk-averse or risk-prone guppies were. But they found variations between individuals were too complicated to be described in this way. Dr Tom Houslay, of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC) on the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall, said: "The...