A whole decade has now passed since the footballing world descended on the samba epicentre of the globe, Brazil, for a month of sporting magic. Back in 2014, Roy Hodgson was England manager, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney were still at it, and Jude Bellingham was about to...
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Five Coventry men have been handed prison sentences after a Warwickshire Police investigation uprooted the group’s wide-reaching cannabis empire. Cannabis farms linked to the gang were discovered at three separate addresses in Rugby and Coventry in an investigation last September, with more than £15,000 in cash confiscated at a fourth...
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England’s recently unveiled home shirt looks like a stylish and innocuous people-pleaser – that is, until you see its reverse. The launch of Nike’s latest England kit ahead of this summer’s fast-approaching European Championships in Germany has divided the nation, regardless of whether one is interested in football or not....
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When the documentary film 20 Days in Mariupol won Ukraine its first-ever Oscar on 10 March, its director, Mstyslav Chernov, seemed conflicted. “This is the first Oscar in Ukrainian history”, he proudly began his speech, “and I’m honoured.” His next words, however, addressed more explicitly the serious matter at hand....
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The reason we often wish we could watch something ‘for the first time again’ is because we feel as if we’ve just watched a piece of film history. That is exactly what the grand spectacle of Dune: Part Two feels like. After seeing the first part in October 2021, I,...
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2023 was an extraordinary year for cinema, replete with the returns of many celebrated auteurs and the flourishing of numerous British indie voices. Whilst some upcoming awards contenders are yet to be released here in the UK, here are the ten best films I have been able to see thus...
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