Big Burns Supper brings the party in 2023 12th festival edition presents extended alternative in-person format Dumfries’s Loreburn Hall throws opens its doors like never before as Big Burns Supper returns in January with a new alternative in-person format for ‘Le Haggis’, an immersive theatrical party experience featuring a roster of talent and a brand-new soundtrack created by energetic trad folk group Ho-Ro and Dumfries Community Choir. Marking the first in-person festival in three years, four one-off evening events will run on the 13th, 14th, 20th & 21st January featuring a range of different artists including Scottish rock band Skerryvore,…
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From waking up to going back to sleep, our glasses go through a lot; dirt, dust, oil, and sweat, it’s no surprise they can easily get dirty, hazy or cloudy. Your glasses are bound to accumulate dust and dirt especially when you’re a full-time glasses wearer. They are your eye’s protector and help you with vision too. A lot of people tend to clean their lenses roughly or in a hurry. Usually, our shirt is the first thing we reach for to wipe our glasses along with a blow of our breath. Well, it’s not the end of the world…
Nothing says Christmas quite like The Nutcracker, and this year The Royal Ballet celebrates the festive season with this perennial favourite. Peter Wright’s much-loved production of the 19th-century classic received its premiere in 1984 and has become a staple of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. With Tchaikovsky’s stunning score and Julia Trevelyan Oman’s sumptuous designs, The Nutcracker is a treat for the whole family, bringing the spirit of the original fairy tale to life. The Nutcracker will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on Thursday 8 December, starring Principal Fumi Kaneko as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Principal William Bracewell…
From Damien Chazelle, BABYLON is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, with an ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Featuring the song “Voodoo Mama” from Academy Award winning composer Justin Hurwitz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MTLIxwhUr4&ab_channel=ParamountPicturesUK BABYLON IS ONLY IN CINEMAS JANUARY 20, 2023 Paramount Pictures Presents A Marc Platt / Wild Chickens / Organism Pictures Production A Damien Chazelle Film…
Monday 28th November, London, UK: Lightbulb Film Distribution is delighted to share the poster and trailer for new British werewolf film, Wolf Manor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0snyYvBhsw&ab_channel=StrikeMedia The feature had its world premiere at FrightFest earlier this year, prior to recent screenings at Mayhem Film Festival and Abertoir Horror Festival. The film also recently played as part of the BFI’s Monsters and Movies programme. Directed by Dominic Brunt and produced by Joanne Mitchell, the film was co-written by Joel Ferrari and Pete Wild. It stars James Fleet, John Henshaw, Jay Taylor and Thaila Zucchi. During filming of a British, low-budget horror movie, the…
The Queen is the most Googled person of the year in the UK, followed by Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, Kim Kardashian, Will Smith and Meghan Markle The Queen is the most Googled person of 2022, being searched 516,290 times each month on average by Brits, this year Johnny Depp is the second most Google celebrity of 2022, being searched 437,490 million times per month this year Harry Styles, Cristiano Ronaldo and Meghan Markle all make the top ten New research has revealed the most Googled people of 2022 in the UK, with the late Queen Elizabeth II taking…
An expert private client solicitor from law firm Shakespeare Martineau is urging couples to protect their wealth for future generations after recent high-profile deaths have shone a spotlight on young widows and widowers. According to the Office for National Statistics’ latest figures, there were an estimated 3.1 million widows in England and Wales in 2020 – just 1.7% of those were below the age of 50. Despite making up a small percentage of the UK population, young widows have been the subject of media attention in recent years after the early deaths of The Wanted’s Tom Parker and actress Helen…
An international research network launches this month to investigate the cultural and industrial connections between London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Milan, Italy, and how they have influenced the production, display and consumption of British menswear. Locating Menswear is led by Professor Andrew Groves, Director of the Westminster Menswear Archive at the University of Westminster, and Jo Jenkinson from Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University, in partnership with C.P. Company, SEVENSTORE, UKFT and the British Fashion Council. The international network is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and will host a series of workshops and…
Blxst has architected a new era of West Coast hip-hop and culture by hand as not only a rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer but also as a creative visionary who mixes, masters, and self-edits his own videos and artwork. Back in high school, the South Central native taught himself how to produce and record, going on to collaborate with YG, Mozzy, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Rick Ross, and more. Following a string of buzzing singles in 2019, he forged an ironclad creative partnership with Bino Rideaux on their first critically acclaimed Sixtape. During 2020, he partnered with Red Bull Records and…
The animated short film “The Clearing” will debut on The New Yorker’s digital channels on Friday, December 9th, as part of the magazine’s award-winning Screening Room series. Director Daniel Robert Hope’s Oscar-qualified film shows a snapshot of a family on a camping trip and the problems that plague them. Hope uses stop-motion animation to tell the story in an out-of-the-box way. In a desperate battle with his ballooning ego, husband Bill struggles in vain to re-woo his wife, Deb, with his below-par outdoor skills and shocking behavior—that is until their last-ditch camping trip takes a very sinister turn. Bill and…