By Michael McNulty There is little doubt that Maysaloun Hamoud’s film, In Between, is an important and ambitious debut feature. A feminist film, centring on a trio of Palestinian-Israeli women as they struggle to find a balance between the liberal lives they aspire to and the traditional culture that surrounds them. Selma (Sana Jammelieh) and Leila (Mouna Hawa) live in an apartment together in the Jaffa district of Tel-Aviv. Selma is an aspiring DJ who works a series of pick...

Have you ever been to a restaurant so frightfully chic that it manages to justify dropping crucial vowels from its name, as well as charging double-figures for bowls of pulverised avocado? Sandwiched between a superfluous designer clothes shop and an Aston Martin “brand experience boutique”, MNKY HSE stands out on Dover Street - resembling a seedy nightclub owned by Peter Stringfellow, from outside. Blacked-out windows are placated with a brass monkey-shaped door knocker, plus a sounder of clip-board wielding security...

On July 5th 1980, Björn Borg, the “Ice Man” of Sweden and the world’s highest ranked tennis player at the time, walked out onto the Centre Court of Wimbledon, hoping to win his fifth consecutive title at the All England Club. An edgy excitement arose from the crowd, yet somehow the Swede remained calm & collected as he strode onto the grass, his mind focused solely on the task at hand. The only obstacle standing is his way was John...

Church officials have been forced to address 'concerns' after allowing a cathedral to be used to film HELLBOY - a movie about a demon summoned by the Nazis. Filming has been taking place at Wells Cathedral in Somerset - with reports suggesting it was Dr Who or Fantastic Beasts 2. But it has now emerged a production company was making sections of 'Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen'. Archive photo of Wells Cathedral.  Set during the Second World War the...

Twenty-to-one outsiders Doncaster Rovers descend on the Emirates this evening for a third round clash with Arsenal. As far as the pundits are concerned it's a no-brainer, a much-needed whitewash for the Gunners amid sustained pressures at the top and a brief respite for under-the-cosh Wenger before a Monday night clash with West Brom. But before you get too comfortable it's worth remembering the last time the two teams clashed on a chilly December evening in 2005. The Situation was...

This shocking photo shows TEN ambulances queuing outside an overstretched A&E department with patients being treated inside the vehicles and in corridors. The line of vehicles waiting outside the Royal Cornwall Hospital highlights the deepening crisis within hospitals with patients being warned to stay away if possible. The lack of beds has been blamed on a combination of governments cuts in social care leading to 'bed-blocking' and the closure of local treatment centres. Lib Dem councillor Colin Martin posted a...

Climate change is a divisive issue. The US’ stance on the Paris Agreement of 2015 is just one example of that. And while disagreements over the extent of the threat posed by climate change are all too common, the world’s countries are even more divided on how best to address that threat. From reforestation to electric cars, the potential solutions are many and diverse in nature. One mooted remedy is altering the surface albedo of the earth. For the unfamiliar,...

Humanoid robots are a 'strong' step closer after engineers developed synthetic muscle that can lift a thousand times its own weight. The 3D-printable synthetic soft muscle, which doesn't need an external compressor or high voltage equipment as previous attempts required, also has a strain density - expansion per gram - FIFTEEN times larger than natural muscle. And the artificial muscle can push, pull, bend and twist - as well as lift weight. Up until now no material has been capable of...

This is the extraordinary moment a Land Rover towed a 110-TONNE road train through the Australian outback. The Land Rover Discovery has a maximum certified towing capacity of 3.5-tonnes on public roads. But to show what the £55,000 off-road was really capable of, Land Rover took a model out to the Lasseter Highway in the Northern Territory. They then hooked the Discovery up to a 100-metre long, seven-trailer road train and towed it for almost ten miles. On the route,...