Reviewed by Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada When writer/director David Thorpe is dumped by his boyfriend and finds himself single and in his forties, he realises something: He hates the way his voice sounds – and the voices of most gay men around him. So he goes on a quest to find ...
By Professor Mary Mellor The Labour U-turn to vote against Osborne’s fiscal charter ‘trap’ is welcome, but it cannot stop there – Labour needs to open up a real debate about public access to money in a modern economy. Osborne’s aim to enshrine in law that States must not run ...
Gabe Polsky interviewed by Stephen Mayne. Two tendencies in sports films often prove their undoing. One is a surfeit of game footage that immediately puts off anyone outside committed enthusiasts. The other is a clumsy attempt to equate the sport in question with personal and political problems off the field ...
By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey) Released 30th November 2015 via Function Books. Today Function Books are proud to announce the forthcoming release of Storm Static Sleep: A Pathway Through Post-Rock. This book is believed to be the most detailed account of history and development of the post-rock genre to-date. The book ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter It wasn’t supposed to end like that. On Saturday morning most experts suggested that a combination of superior forward play, home advantage and sheer desperation would see England defeat Australia. The Guardian asked 6 of its columnists, including Eddie Butler and Graham Henry, ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter World Cups. They’re meant to be festivals of sport, celebrating all that is good about top-level competition. Sometimes they’re dreadfully disappointing (Italia 90 was rubbish as a spectacle) and sometimes they exceed everyone’s wildest dreams (RWC 2003, if ...
Online entrepreneur Pascal Culverhouse started www.electrictobacconist.co.uk in July 2013 while working for the family business. Two years later, his business is the leading online retailer of e-cigarettes in the UK. The London Economic asked the successful internet millionaire for his top three tips for online success... What makes an online ...
By Max du Bois, Spencer du Bois The NHS identity is sixteen years old. Created in 1999, in a bid to improve recognition and accountability, it certainly has been a great success. But much has changed since then. For a start our healthcare has improved and moved on, and the ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter Chelsea striker Diego Costa was back in the news at the weekend (surprise, surprise) after altercations with Arsenal defenders Gabriel and Laurent Koscielny during the two teams' clash at Stamford Bridge, which saw the former sent off. Chelsea ...