Starting your own festival can be a daunting task for anybody whether they’re new to the game or you’ve already gone through a couple yourself. Everybody wants a hugely successful festival and getting to that point takes a lot of work and mostly, lots of planning. Planning for every eventuality takes a long time but it’s vastly worth it to avoid any problems that could occur. If you don’t get ontop of them straight away then your festival can fall...

Earlier this week, iconic British actor Roger Moore died, aged 89, in Switzerland, following a brief battle with Cancer. Undoubtedly best known for his portrayal of secret agent James Bond throughout seven feature films – a classic Martini (shaken, not stirred) would, perhaps, be a particularly fitting tribute. No less, with Summer (Campari season) finally here – let’s remember Bond’s relationship with the classic Italian Americano cocktail – typically consisting of Campari, red vermouth and soda water. The first drink...

Bookies have slashed Labour's odds of gaining the most seats in the General Election from 16/1 to 7/1 in just two weeks. A strong display from Corbyn and Co has led to a revival of Labour's chances at getting a result in June. May's dementia tax and a "strong and stable" message that has been impeded by u-turns  has also dropped the odds, although the Conservatives are still sitting pretty at 1/16. Betway’s Alan Alger, said: “Jeremy Corbyn leading the UK...

By Linda Marric Directed by Xiaogang Feng and staring Chinese superstar Feng Xiaogang, I am Not Madam Bovary is a film like no other film you’ve seen before. This beautifully crafted and unusually shot film is everything you’d want from a social commentary film. It touches on themes ranging from female empowerment, bureaucracy and state corruption, and it does this with a huge amount of humour and clever subtext. Shot partly in a circular frame, the film isn’t just technically...

Canada Water "mega-market" Hawker House has erected terraced seating for the Champions League final - and it looks pretty awesome. Juventus and Real Madrid clash in Cardiff on Saturday 3rd June in one of the year's most hotly anticipated games. Both clubs have won their respective leagues and come to the Welsh capital in rude form after a long season. Welsh star Gareth Bale returns to his home town for the fixture, with superstars such as Christiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema...

By Linda Marric What more is there to be said about The Beatles that hasn’t already been said before. In It Was 50 Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt Pepper and Beyond, which by all accounts has the clunkiest title for a documentary you could ever think of, director Alan G. Parker offers a rather disappointing, overly long, and altogether messy account of the band during the making of the eponymous album. The film also offers a look behind the...

A drowning man was saved in a dramatic rescue after lifeboat crew pulled him from the Thames - just five seconds away from death. Lifeboat crews rushed to his rescue after he was spotted struggling by the crew of a Thames Clipper boat. The Tower RNLI crew launched immediately and saved the life of the 36-year-old man, who had been pulled downstream by the fast-moving tide towards Blackfriars bridge. After pulling him from the river to safety just after 5am...

By Michael McNulty Luis Buñuel’s film Belle de Jour, released in 1967, took the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and stands in film history as one of the most, if not the most, erotic films of all time. Based on Joseph Kessel’s, a Russian who lived in Argentina and wrote in French, novel of the same name, Belle de Jour may not seem as salacious now as when it first appeared, both in print and on the silver...

Jamie Lenman Scala 2.5.17 Support: HCBP, Frauds Jamie Lenman may never escape the shadow that his hard-fought time in Reuben has cast, but he’s been giving it a damn good go. Almost four years on from the duplicitous fury and folk of his debut solo double album Muscle Memory new music has finally made its way out to the public, and so Jamie has found himself back in the fray, and he’s brought friends with him. First up are Frauds,...