TV Review: Preacher Episode 3 – The Possibilities

After an action packed episode 2, Preacher returns to its famed slow boil this week using this latest outing to unpack the characters and reward the audience with some startling revelations. Spending the first two episodes tearing through Texas, we open with Tulip trading in the map she stole in the pilot – it turns out it was mere currency for the last known address of an ex-accomplice. Whilst we don’t see what the map contains, it’s great to finally see...

Alex Lodge: Weekly Report Vol 44

By Alex Lodge (@alexlodgemusic | Insta @alexlodgemusic7) Alex Lodge is a music supervisor for film, TV and advertising at Thirty Two.  A longer than usual list today starting with a weird/sexy jam called Sunshine, through a lovely cover of one of my all time favourite songs, This Is How We Walk On The Moon by Jose González, some Fat White Family to make me feel better about not going to Field Day this year and a couple of nice remixes....

Cool gadget: Sammy Screamer

Sammy Screamer is a movement sensor that can be attached to pretty much anything to monitor if it moves alerting the owner via an alarm and app notification. All good things come in small packages and this is no exception.   The little screamer itself is so tactile and the colour just pops when you open the box. The set up is amazingly easy even for a technophobe like me.  Download an app and you are pretty much good to go....

The Philanthropy Lottery

Making sure as much money as possible goes towards philanthropic projects is extremely important to the National Lottery so with each and every ticket sold a large sum goes to a variety of projects. Less than 1% of the total revenue from the sale of lottery tickets is kept as profit after tax and 4% goes for operating costs. Believe it or not it has amounted to the grand amount of £35 billion spread over 450,000 projects. You’ll be happy...

Last Minute Father’s Day Whisky Gift Guide

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Generally regarded as the drink of choice to be gifted and to be shared with our Dads; so to tie in with Father’s Day, this weekend, we’ve compiled a last minute guide to help you decide which whisky to buy for your Dad on Sunday. Nikka ‘From The Barrel’ Gift Set Japanese whisky has become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly outside of Asia. As a result, the increase in demand has resulted in...

Mass Shootings Are Not The Price Of Freedom

Another mass shooting, another story about how America's lax gun laws helped a killer. Orlando shooter Omar Mateen purchased his AR-15 assault rifle legally, despite the FBI's suspicions about him. Terror suspects can be placed on a no fly list but not a 'no gun' list. The AR-15 is the mass murderer's weapon of choice. It's a highly efficient killing machine. The debate about America's gun laws is long and storied but the differences between those who think common sense...

Home Office won’t reveal Yarl’s Wood rapes as it’s bad for business

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In shocking news the Home Office have refused to release the number of women who have been raped or sexually assaulted inside Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. According to The Independent the information won’t be shared with the public as it harms the “commercial interests” of the private organisations that run the controversial detention centre. It raises the question again of private contractors given highly sensitive roles looking after some of the most vulnerable people...

In or Out? Reviewing the Evening Standard EU Debate

IN: Chuka Umunna (Labour MP for Streatham) Carolyn Fairburn (Director-General of the CBI) Rohan Silva (Tech entrepreneur) OUT: Daniel Hannan (Conservative MEP) Munira Mirza (Former Deputy Mayor for Health and Education) Jenny Jones (Green Party peer) On 7th June, the Royal Geographical Society in South Kensington staged a debate held by the Evening Standard and London First asking the big question for Londoners ahead of the 23rd June referendum- Is London better off In or Out of the European Union?...

Facebook Will Be ‘All Video In Five Years’

Facebook will be ‘all video in five years says EMEA Vice President according to the social network's European vice president Nicola Mendelsohn. Talking today at the fifth annual Fortune Most Powerful Women International Summit, in London, Mendelsohn said people are writing less and posting more videos and images. She said: “In five years’ time it will definitely be mobile, it will probably be all video and it will certainly be more immersive – 360 will feel very common.” There has...

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