A Navy chef has launched legal action after he was seriously injured during a game - of BUBBLE FOOTBALL. Matthew Palmer, 27, now has a metal plate in his skull and is scarred for life after the accident playing a game of British Bulldog while still in their bubbles. The craze - which is also known as Zorb Football - has become a popular choice for stag and hen parties and team building events. During matches players wear a large...
5,000 m altitudes, -35 °C temperatures and geopolitical instability braved to reveal Tibet’s natural wonder Nikon European Ambassador and wildlife photographer Vincent Munier has completed an ambitious project to document Tibet’s most endangered wildlife. In a bid to photograph this relatively unknown and unexplored region, Vincent travelled across high altitudes, freezing temperatures and rough terrains, equipped with a tent, warm clothing and camera. Capturing a variety of animals, including the wild yak, Tibetan gazelle and antelope, the Tibetan sand fox...
"Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” That was a quote from Samuel Johnson, a man who knew a thing or two about snappy aphorisms in times of crisis. And, as befits the reputation of a man whose Boswell recorded life has glazed the eyes of students for over three hundred years, of course he was right. Crises, catastrophe or plain old monosyllabic doom impose on...
Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence star in Darren Aronofsky's Mother out on September 15th. Creepy as you'd expect from the director of Black Swan the couple have some unusual houseguests in the form of Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Harris resulting in some very weird visions and dreams for Jennifer Lawrence and Bardem begins to act really strange. Criticised for the ridiculous age-gap between Jennifer Lawrence (26) and Bardem (48) - come on Hollywood this is getting creepy and not in...
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 disaster. As is typical of Daniel Levy, we seem to be waiting until the dying days of the transfer window to make any moves in the market, in an effort...
With soaring rents, extortionate beer prices, and overall higher costs of living, London is one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in. It's no wonder that people are searching for ways to earn extra money in London. With key workers like police and nurses, and others earning average salaries struggling to keep their heads above water in mind, we've compiled a list of 12 ways to earn extra money in London. There are opportunities to supplement...
A double-decker bus smashed into a shop front, leaving two trapped and several injured. The number 77 bus crashed just before 7am in Lavender Hill, south London, trapping two female passengers on the upper desk. The driver of the bus, which travels from Tooting Station to Waterloo, was taken to hospital after the bus hit the Poggen Pohl Kitchen Design Centre. Maude Grant said: "Lavender Hill at a standstill? Looks like a bus has crashed into a building. "Looks like...
London Museum of Photography headed to Whitechapel - Derwent London has announced that it has pre-let the lower ground floors and a new office pavilion at The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street E1, to Fotografiska. Fotografiska runs the world renowned photography museum in Stockholm and will use the space for Fotografiska - The London Museum of Photography. This is their first gallery outside Stockholm and will add another important cultural and leisure hub to the fast improving Whitechapel...
Human bones may have been engraved by cannibals as part of a ritual in SOMERSET around 15,000 years ago, suggests new research. Bones found at Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge feature unusual zig-zagging cuts which researchers say indicates intentional engraving. The bones date from the Magdalenian period around 12,000 to 17,000 years ago. Previous analysis of the human bones from Gough's Cave found evidence of human cannibalism. But paleontologists debate about whether some of the marks found on the bones...
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