Britain's first vegan visitor centre has been launched in Norfolk to showcase a vision of a Britain where we all live more sustainable lives. The Green Britain Centre in Swaffham has opened following the appointment of a new head chef and the launch of a new menu. The Centre features a 100m windmill, which was the first in the world open to the public to climb, a solar panel which tracks the sun, an organic garden, a variety of hands-on...

This is the moment a screwdriver-wielding thug tried to rob a newsagents, but was thwarted by its elderly owners. The CCTV footage shows the man bursting into Pitville Convenience Store in Cheltenham, Glos, and demanding that shop owner Dolly Karim, 75, hand over the till. Incredibly, the brave gran-of-eight refuses, instead picking up a wooden stick stashed behind the counter and whacking him with it. The yob, in his 30s, makes a dash for the with the till in his...

Throughout my twenties I spent more time in clubs than I care to admit. My hometown boasted clubs of the beach bar variety, clubs of the revolving floor variety and in most instances clubs of the sticky floor variety, and I can tell you now without any equivocation that I hated every single one of them. The problem was that unless you conformed to the predrink-pub-club routine you were pretty much stuck, destined to a life as a recluse, and so...

This totally mesmerising footage shows the moment more than 10,000 starlings filled the sky in front of a handful of stunned onlookers. The huge flock of birds - known as a murmuration - were captured on film by photographer Neil Pledger at dusk last Saturday (18/2). The 48-year-old, who lives in Mansfield, Notts., witnessed the spectacular acrobatic display in Staveley, Derbys. The two minute clip shows the birds making a range of mesmerising shapes on the grey sky. Experts remain...

Stage to Screen dramas are composed of powerful and heavy dialogue, focusing heavily on the commanding performances of actors and their ability to deliver lines. This enables the audience to decipher the messages that lay otherwise hidden within the dialogue and actions. August Wilson’s long awaited stage to screen adaptation of Fences will surely be next on the list of phenomenal films of this ilk. Coming to cinemas everywhere on 17th February, audience will witness the unforgettable performances of Denzel...

By Nicky Goulder, Create Co-Founder and CEO Last week the Hands Off Our Revolution campaign was launched, through which more than 200 artists, musicians, writers and arts professionals from 40 countries pledged to take part in a series of exhibitions and arts projects around the world confronting the rise of right-wing populism in Europe, the US and elsewhere. Hands Off Our Revolution is a great example of the most common way in which people experience art and creativity being used...

The Eurozone economy is expanding at the fastest pace since 2011 on the back of German manufacturing, showing clear signs that it is recovering from the sovereign debt crisis that swept through the region. According to the composite purchasing managers' index compiled by IHS Markit the expansion of industry reached an almost six-year high with German manufacturers reporting expansion at an astonishing 69-month high with the sector’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rising to 57 points. Quelle surprise, according to another related study the...

By Leslie Byron Pitt Troubled adolescent John Wayne Cleaver is surrounded by death. In his small quiet Midwestern hometown, he balances school with a part-time role working at his mother’s funeral home. Recently diagnosed as a sociopath, John spends his work life cracking dark jokes about the cadavers and freaking out the people at his school with his morbid essays. Not much happens in this ma and pa, middle American town, however, a spate of mysterious murders has recently plagued...

It’s generally accepted that the best Turkish food in London can be found north of the river. Over the past two years, three “authentic Turkish restaurants” have opened contiguously in Greenwich, just around the corner from my house. As well as promising to be authentically Turkish, another thing these venues hold in common is the inane ability to cook astoundingly bad food yet manage to entice herds of customers. When I think of great Turkish food in London, I think...