Hounds of Love: Film Review

By Michael McNulty The sun baked streets of Perth shimmer in the December heat. A group of teenage high school girls play netball. Their movement to the leering eyes of John (Stephen Curry) and Evelyn White (Emma Booth), who sit spying on them from the sweaty interior of their car, an orgiastic ballet of short skirts and tanned skin, youth and innocence. The game is over and the girls head their separate ways. John and Evelyn offer a lone traveller...

Sacre bleu! Air France launches hipster airline

Air France is set to launch an airline for millennials in September. The so-called hipster airline, called Joon in reference to “jeune,” or young, in French, will be “aimed at a young working clientele, the millennials (18 to 35 year-olds), whose lifestyles revolve around digital technology", according to an official statement. It will be a digitally-savvy airline operating medium-haul flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Air France has released images of what the crew’s trendy-casual outfits will look like, with staff donning blue-and-white...

King Solomon’s Mines Discovered

One of the primary problems for Judaeo-Christian theologians is the disturbing reality that the most celebrated kings of Judaic history cannot be found in the historical record. Recent archaeology in Israel by professors Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman has demonstrated that Judaea was very sparsely populated during the United Monarchy era, while Jerusalem itself was ‘little more than a village’. The only conclusion that archaeologists can come to, is that the Old Testament is a complete fiction and therefore kings...

Scientists unsure how to dispose of Love Island contestants

Scientists are unsure how to dispose of Love Island contestants after the popular ITV show ends tonight. This comes after the news that an estimated 5.25 TRILLION pieces plastic waste are floating in our Oceans, with Eight million tonnes of plastic being dumped into the sea every year. Over two tons of that plastic waste was discovered washed up on Love Island, which had mutated into human-like sub-species. Concerned with the extreme rise in plastics floating in the ocean and...

Charlie Gard supporters demand justice as his parents withdraw legal bid

Supporters of Charlie Gard demanded justice after his parents dramatically withdrew their legal bid to undergo treatment in the US. The 11-month-old suffers from a rare genetic condition, known as mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. His parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, from Bedfont, west London, wanted to take him to the US to undergo experimental therapy. But doctors from Great Ormond Street Hospital, where Charlie is being cared for, said the treatment is experimental and will not help. Mr Justice...

Say what you like about Love Island, it has been seriously entertaining

They say that compromise is the key to a happy relationship, and so for the past few months every night at 9pm I have sat down to watch Love Island in exchange for TV dibs during test matches and live football games. I want to say that I've hated every moment of it, but the reality is that I've that it has been a thoroughly enjoyable series. I've laughed out loud, shed the occasional tear and gasped on numerous occasions...

Earth-sized planets roam between the stars

Earth sized planets that could harbour life roam the darkness of space - between the stars, according to new research. The wandering worlds - known as 'free floating' or 'orphan' planets - have been detected for the first time. They cross the Milky Way without companion planets or even a star - and there are probably billions out there. And despite having no sunlight organisms could survive in hydrothermal vents - opening up more opportunities in the search for extra...

Would Liam Fox eat chlorine-washed chicken?

The short answer is, we don't know. Fox was asked about whether he would eat chlorine-washed chicken after a UK-US trade deal was agreed. The international trade secretary, had just finished his speech on trade in Washington, when he was asked if he fancied eating some of this chemically treated poultry. He said: "In a debate which should be about how we make our contribution to global liberalisation and the increased prosperity of both the UK, the US and our trading...

London non-league guide: Wealdstone FC

By Chris Woods Brought recently to a higher profile outside the non league football world by Internet meme sensation the ‘Wealdstone Raider’, Wealdstone FC are the largest non-league club in West London and are steeped in history and tradition. Currently playing in the Vanarama National League South they were the first club to win the ‘Non-League double’ in 1985 winning the National League Premier (then the Gola League) and FA Trophy. The club also has a proud tradition of bringing...

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