Amour Fou – Film Review

By Sam Inglis @24FPSUK  @24fps.co.uk  Lourdes, Jessica Hausner's third film, was my film of the year in 2010. Austere and thought provoking, it can be read in many different ways, and continues to fascinate and challenge with every viewing. This, quite apart from everything else about it, is why Amour Fou is such a massive disappointment. Set in 1811, Amour Fou takes place in what appears to be an upper middle class home. where Henriette (Birte Schnoeink) and her husband...

Boris Johnson Fails to Confiscate the Revolution

London Mayor Boris Johnson has removed fencing on Parliamentary Square that had been erected to block Occupy Democracy's access after a successful appeal by Liberty and Occupy Democracy. The Mayor has backed down after a judicial review was launched against Johnson and the Greater London Authority arguing the fence is an illegal interference with their right to protest based on the 2012 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly which states that 'the exercise of fundamental...

AirAsia Flight QZ8501: A lesson in crisis communications and the rise of the ‘new leader’

Written by Sharmin Cheema On the 28th of December 2014, air traffic control lost contact with AirAsia Flight QZ8501 an hour after the plane departed Indonesia for Singapore, after the plane “climbed at abnormal speed” in bad weather before stalling and crashing into the Karimata Strait, off the west coast of Borneo. All of a sudden AirAsia’s CEO, Tony Fernandes, found himself in a limelight so glaring post-MH370 and MH17 with a couple of nationals in the UK including The Guardian, the BBC, the Independent, and the Telegraph quick...

NHS postcode lottery of care for 10 million hard of hearing

By Steve Taggart Two in five NHS audiology departments (41%) are being forced to cut core services due to shrinking budgets or increased demand, affecting hundreds of thousands of people across the UK, according to a new report by charity Action on Hearing Loss launched today (26 January). Over half of over 60 year olds (55%) are already affected by some form of hearing loss and, with an ageing population, the number of people who will need help with their...

One Direction Fans Raise Over $10,000 for the British Asian Trust

We all know that the One Direction fan base can be an intense lot, but who knew they could be so generous? On the eve of the British Asian Trust’s Annual Dinner, taking place on February 3rd at the  Banqueting  House, Whitehall, London, One Direction fans have raised over $10,000 for the British Asian Trust in honour of its ambassador Zayn Malik's 22nd birthday. Hitan Mehta, Executive Director of the British Asian Trust, said: "We thank One Direction fans for their generous contributions. We are honoured...

Son of a Gun – Film Review

 By Emma Silverthorn @HouseOf_Gazelle Jules Avery’s Son of a Gun is heavy on plot twists and pseudo-intellectual chess theory but disappointingly short on character development and depth. The film has an interesting enough heist-plot but only really gives us the characters barebones meaning that we care little about their various entangled fates. Ewan McGregor does what he can with the skimpy dialogue he’s allotted but considering he’s supposed to be playing some sort of ballsy, criminal mastermind, at one point...

NFC & AFC Championship Review

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport Well what a sensational NFL Championship weekend; so many talking points and unforgettable moments.  We now know as the dust settles on Sunday’s action that it will be the defending champions Seattle Seahawks v the New England Patriots in Arizona for Super Bowl XLIX. Firstly, the NFC championship game which had one of the craziest finishes in NFL history.  I picked a Green Bay win and for three quarters of the match...

Cristina Kirchner: Nisman did not commit suicide

By Elsa Buchanan, International Politics Correspondent   Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the president of Argentina, has said that she does not believe that prosecutor Alberto Nisman committed suicide, as new findings raise questions over his death. Nisman, who accused the Argentinian President and members of her government of colluding with prime suspects Iran to cover-up the investigation into the bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 in 1994, was found dead on Sunday in what appeared...

“No-go zones”: Paris Mayor to announce lawsuit against Fox News “as soon as next week”

By Elsa Buchanan, International Politics Correspondent  The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, will announce whether her complaint against Fox News about Muslim "no-go areas” will be filed in a French or American court as soon as next Monday (26 January). The Mayor is moving forward with her lawsuit, despite Fox News calling it "ridiculous". “Anne Hidalgo was clear about her decision to sue Fox News, and we will have finalised the terms of the lawsuit before the end of this...

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