Dunkirk Review – A master class in the art of ‘show it, don’t say it’
Dunkirk is almost a silent film. Dunkirk is a film that is a master class in the art of ‘show it, don’t say it’. Dunkirk, demands that you feel like you are on the front line with the soldiers. The audience is used as another stranded Tommy on the beach, forming an orderly queue, waiting to be rescued. Dunkirk is an unapologetically British film. There isn’t an ancillary, and unnecessary, tale of love and romance to "cheer up", and degrade...
Earth to be 4.9C warmer by 2100 if climate change continues
The earth could get hotter by up to 4.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century - three times the target set by the 2016 Paris agreement on climate change. Experts predict global temperatures to hit 'tipping point' by 2100 as the Earth has a nine in ten chance of getting between 2 and 4.9 degrees C hotter. This extra temperature will herald longer heatwaves, greater droughts and, in the tropics, reduced crop yield and threaten all coral reefs....
Air pollution kill an extra 260,000 by the end of the century if climate change goes untackled
Air pollution kill an extra 260,000 by the end of the century if climate change goes untackled, a study warned. Global warming will alter the concentrations of air pollutants causing the premature deaths of 60,000 by 2030 and 260,000 deaths by 2100. The smog will affect all regions except Africa. This is on top of the millions globally who die from the effects of smog from traffic, factories, power stations and dust. Scientists warn higher temperatures will speed up the...
Constant digital strain resulting in “Tech Neck”
By Ben Jackson As millions embark on their summer vacations, most holidaymakers will be seeking a brief refuge from their year round 'always on' status Across the world, luxury-end holidays have learned the value of prising the smart phones from the hands of frenetic Silicon Valley types, while ‘being unplugged’ has been cited as one of the ten top travel trends for 2017. More esoteric breaks, including: monasteries, wellness sanctuaries, country retreats and even activity holidays, all increasingly, offer options...
The icy worlds of Europa and Enceladus could never be habitable – because they suffer from either extreme hot or cold
The icy worlds of Europa and Enceladus could never be habitable - because they suffer from either extreme hot or cold. NASA has said the mysterious moons of Jupiter and Saturn respectively could one day be home to humans. But scientist said the moons swing from a "icehouse" to "hothouse" without a "goldilocks" period when conditions are just right for life to thrive. The finding could have implications for the search for extra-terrestrial life as they are believed to be...
Free Fire: Film Review
A group of shady individuals accumulate in an abandoned Boston warehouse to size up and complete an arms deal. However, when some bad blood infiltrates the proceedings, the deal swiftly falls south, and the guns which were going to be used for other nefarious purposes are now being utilised a little earlier than expected. That’s it. Looking for anything else? You’re in the wrong place. Free Fire isn’t a film of complexity. There’s not that much to it. But there’s...
Review: Bottomless Brunch at The Frog E1
When The Frog E1 opened last summer, I was quick to declare it one of the year’s best openings. One of the absolute best restaurants in east London, in fact. Sadly, so many brilliant restaurants fail to live up to the initial ‘hype’ and ultimately slump into a routine of serving terrible food with slow service, even though booking a table remains harder than Trigonometry. 365 days later, many of these places eventually fail, closing their doors to make space...
Renting in London: Have we reached the point of saturation?
For the 12 months that I lived in my last studio apartment in south west London it was the butt of all property jokes among my friends in the north. For the price of a two-bed semi detached house in Leeds I was living in a bedroom with an aeroplane bathroom and camping stove kitchen. The foot of my bed imposed heavily on the sparse living room I had and my only armchair doubled up as the dining room and...
Geoffrey Boycott falls for hilarious prank live on air
Geoffrey Boycott admitted he had been "done like a kipper" after falling for a hilarious prank live on air. The BBC cricket pundit was commentating on the England v South Africa test match when his co-commentator Jonathan Agnew managed to convince him that his 100th hundred wasn't scored at his home county ground of Headingley but in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The prank was based on a phoney press release which claimed to downgrade the statistics of all runs and wickets for the...