by Admin - 5 hours ago
The winner of a pair of tickets to see 'Wicked: For Good' certificate PG. Starting this Friday 21st November @ the Elite Cinema And Theatre in Ashbourne is..... Jenny Gallagher from Ashbourne. Congratulations and keep checking back for more chances to win.Now demonized as the Wicked Witch of the W...
Focus / Culture - 14 hours ago
New Diorama, LondonTwo stories, centuries apart, are used to chart climate disaster in this ambitious musical with bitty scenes and cumbersome lyricsThis climate disaster musical takes place in a tower block overlooking the Thames. The setting is central because the dystopia has been caused by a bio...
Focus / Culture - 14 hours ago
The streamer continues its annual onslaught of forgettable festive films with a mostly charmless romance set in FranceAt the risk of sounding like the Grinch, I must once again bemoan the release of Christmas movies before Thanksgiving; the temperatures may be dropping at long last, but it’s still t...
Focus / Culture - 15 hours ago
Photographer Claire Beckett captured the soldiers and civilians who dress up as Afghans and Iraqis in military bases across America. They play everything from insurgents to shoppers in mocked-up firefights Continue reading...
Focus / Culture - 15 hours ago
Punchy, old-school stunt work, inventive baddie-splattering and a simple plot as our grizzled Finish prospector finds a new foe in his Soviet-occupied homelandIn 2022, the Finnish indie action movie Sisu had the look of a one-hit wonder. Pitting a grizzled prospector against an entire platoon of Naz...
Focus / Culture - 15 hours ago
The author of Palestine turns his attention to the legacies of Indian partition in this brilliant portrait of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riotsJoe Sacco is one of a very small number of graphic novelists who have smashed through into the mainstream. His masterwork is Palestine, a collected volume of sing...
Focus / Culture - 16 hours ago
Fans and experts consider whether the artist may have been neurodivergent. Plus: inside the biggest Irish dancing challenge in the world. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC TwoJMW Turner is an enigma. But while he didn’t leave behind a diary, he did leave 37,000 private sketches that give clu...
National Highways urged roadusers to travel along the M60, M62 and M1 routes after the A628 Woodhead Pass was closed due to snow
More than 600 spaces in the area will be available all day for just £2.50 - and the offer stands for nearly five months
Focus / Culture - 19 hours ago
The Shed, New YorkThe actor indulges his love of the past in a breezily enjoyable play about a man falling for a woman from the 1930s, played by a standout Kelli O’HaraTom Hanks is a star who’s always had one foot squarely in the past. As an actor he’s forever been likened to James Stewart, a reinca...
Focus / Culture - 21 hours ago
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auctionA painting by Gustav Klimt has sold for a record-breaking $236.4m (£179.7m, A$364m) with fees, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at a...
by Admin - 1 day ago
Parking in Matlock Bath's three council car parks is now just £2.50 all day until the end of March next year. Derbyshire Dales District Council has reduced parking fees at Station (241 spaces), Temple Walk (195 spaces), and Pavilion (36 spaces) car parks. This initiative aims to bring more visito...
It's no surprise it landed on the podium
There was a clear divide in the Progressive Alliance on Derbyshire Dales District Council
Some councillors described the events as 'farcical'