By Anna Power @powerpops If you were expecting a glossy biopic of Jackie Kennedy, wife of JFK, first lady and international fashion icon, think again, Pablo Larrain’s film is anything but. It plays more like an up-close and personal examination of a woman in trauma. It’s brutal, jarring and uncomfortable viewing at times. The narrative centers upon Jackie’s (Natalie Portman) interview with Life Magazine’s Theodore H White (Billy Crudup), a week to the day, after JFK’s assassination. Using grainy 16mm...
By Nigel Watson Millions of secret files have recently been released by the US, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), but only a handful relate to UFOs. Their ‘electronic reading room’ provides access to documents released by the CIA through the Freedom of Information Act, which can be viewed here. By inputting the word UFO you can view several hundred CIA reports that date from to 1949 to 1997. Some amount to a few scribbled notes whilst others are more substantial UFO reports...
Given the amount of money BT invested in securing live sports rights it all seemed a little too good to be true that it could offer the privilege of viewing it effectively for free. Signing up for BT's competitively priced broadband package would give you access to Premier League games, the Champions League and a plethora of other live sports coverage. But as many of us suspected, the offer was too good to be true. BT has today announced sweeping...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter @davidjdewinter Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE Sports columnist Richard de Winter talk British success at the Australian Open, discuss England's ongoing one-day series in India, preview the semi-finals at The Masters snooker and take a peek at the upcoming RBS 6 Nations.
As Donald Trump takes over control of the most powerful nation on earth, the CIA have decided on a tactic to not give him the correct nuclear codes. Kevin Marshall, 52, head of the CIA, told his staff in a briefing yesterday: “Ok pretend you are on a terrible date and you never want to see them again, so in no way offer you them your phone number, if they ask just give them a random set of digits off...
A savvy student has designed a 'smart glove' which translates sign language - into speech. PhD student Hadeel Ayoub designed the BrightSign to help people with speech disabilities communicate without needing an interpreter. Hadeel, who specialises in digital and software design at Goldsmiths University, has been working on the BrightSign for the past two years as part of her PhD project. She said: "What it does is it translates sign language to text into speech in real time to allow...
Harry Potter's Diagon Alley may soon become a "lost relic" if plans to build a £400 million skyscraper are approved, conservation experts have warned. Leadenhall Market is used in the Potter films as the entrance to Diagon Alley while the wizard's pub The Leaky Cauldron is actually an opticians in the Victorian market. The proposed "glass lump" - a 36 storey development - would obscure the Grade II listed market's glass roof if it replaces the existing seven storey office...
A food wrap made using shellfish could end up in every kitchen in the world, save millions for the food sector and slash pollution, it has been claimed. The wrap is made using discarded langoustine shells taken from Scotland's huge seafood sector. Developers CuanTec say that the material will kill bugs, extend shelf life and eventually biodegrade without a trace. Scientists hope the new food wrapping will replace cling film commonly used in the food industry and at home. The...
Sport News 24/7 A football coach whose girls' team hasn't lost a match for three seasons on the trot is calling for more girls to take up the sport - because the boys' teams are too afraid to play them. Stuart Henley's nine and ten-year-old players have scored 110 goals in seven matches and have conceded just four - setting a new season record. But Stuart and his under-10s team are "gutted" that boys' teams sometimes refuse to play against...
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