Cheltenham screenwriter ‘very lucky’ for role
Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage The name of Gloucestershire born writer Jon Foster (third from left) featured quite high up in the credits of the latest Paddington movie, Paddington in Peru A Cheltenham screenwriter said he was “very lucky” to be asked to co-write the latest Paddington movie. Paddington in Peru arrived in British cinemas on 8 […]
The meaning of the colour green
(Thinkstock) The week’s best arts and culture reads – including writers’ last works, horrible creative geniuses and an appreciation of verdant hues. Deep into green Michael Gorra | New York Review of Books | 10 September 2014 Michel Pastoureau draws on superstition and legend, art and costume, industry, science, high and low culture to explain […]
Ukraine thrown into war’s bleak future as drones open new front
BBC The black box sits on the army truck dashboard like a talisman, its tiny screen lighting up with warnings when Russian drones are above us. We are driving fast along a country road in the darkness near the front lines outside Kharkiv. Like many in this war, the soldiers inside have come to revere […]
Shropshire woman launches charity in memory of son killed in crash
BBC Crystal Owen said she wanted her son’s legacy to live on A year on from the death of her 17-year-old son, Crystal Owen is launching a charity in his name that hopes to help his memory live on. Harvey, from Shrewsbury, who died alongside three friends in a car accident near Garreg, Gwynedd, was […]
Ukraine war latest: Kyiv says Russia has fired first intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine
Some in the UK are worried, others think this is long overduepublished at 21:08 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 21:08 GMT 20 November Chris MasonPolitical editor This is undoubtedly a moment, after months of very protracted and public conversation about it. That very public debate, incidentally, has irritated senior figures in the West, who have […]
7 unusual ways to watch movies
(Corbis) From 3D to sing-alongs to audience immersion – David G Allan rounds up more than 50 years of tricks, stunts and experiments that make movies come to life. No sooner had cinema been invented than storytellers began exploring new ways to experience, interact with and immerse themselves in the new entertainment. Although technology has […]
Google U-turn over long-running plan to ditch cookies
In a surprise move Google has abandoned a plan it first announced four years ago to block third-party cookies from its Chrome internet browser. The UK’s data privacy watchdog said it was “disappointed” by the decision. Cookies are small files stored on your computer which allow advertisers to track internet activity and target advertising. Google […]
Duct-taped banana artwork auctioned for $6.2m in New York
Maurizio Cattelan’s provocative artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall has fetched $6.2m (£4.9m) at Sotheby’s in New York – four times higher than pre-sale estimates. The auction house says Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun outbid six other rivals to get the “Comedian” installation of the Italian visual artist on Wednesday. “In the coming […]
How campaigns sully the Academy Awards
(Corbis) Tom Brook tells what it is like to be wined and dined by studio publicists during Oscars season – and why it is bad for moviegoers. Recently I was invited to lunch with Prisoners stars Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. I also had breakfast with Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón – having shared drinks and […]
Australia finds shipwreck 55 years after deadly disaster
Fifty-five years after it sank, killing 21 men, Australia has found the shipwreck of the MV Noongah. The 71m (233ft) freighter was carrying steel off the coast of New South Wales when it ran into stormy weather in 1969, sparking one of the biggest maritime searches in Australian history. Five of the 26 crewmen were […]