Police this week arrested an alleged arsonist who started a fire outside the National Archives building in Washington, claiming that voices told him to “burn buildings down”. The archives display a four-page handwritten document to countless tourists and schoolchildren: the US constitution. While the physical object remains fragile but secure, the political framework it represents…
Month: May 2019
Son of Saul’s László Nemes: ‘Our civilisation is preparing for its own destruction’
The day before we met, László Nemes went to see a superhero movie. He didn’t last long. “I found it unwatchable and false, boring and self-referential, a world of ideal people who don’t behave as humans but more like machines.” He smiles. It’s tea-time in the Islington, north London branch of Caffè Nero and Nemes…
Trump ‘stands by’ Canada to help secure release of citizens held in China
US president Donald Trump has offered Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau his support for citizens detained in China and facing the death penalty during a phone call with the leader, the White House said. Click Here: cheap kanken backpacks Four Canadians have been detained in China, two of whom have been sentenced to death over…
Blue Origin: Bezos company aims to take people to moon by 2024
The tech billionaires’ space race is heating up. Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company, Blue Origin, aims to take people to the moon by 2024, he announced on Thursday. The company owned by the billionaire Amazon executive has been pushing to establish a lunar base for humans within the next five years. On Thursday, it made that…
David Beckham gets driving ban for using phone at the wheel
David Beckham has been banned from driving for six months for using his mobile phone while driving after a member of the public photographed him using the device. The former footballer, 43, had already pleaded guilty to using the device while driving his Bentley in “slowly moving” traffic on Great Portland Street, central London, on…
Ex-NSA official charged with leaking classified drone documents
A former National Security Agency (NSA) official has been charged with giving classified documents on drone warfare to a journalist, amid a crackdown on government leaks by Donald Trump’s administration. Daniel Hale is accused of leaking top secret files that were published by an online news outlet. The outlet was not identified by prosecutors, but…
Dyson patents reveal plans for electric car with off-road potential
The first drafts of Dyson’s closely guarded electric car designs have emerged, showing a vehicle with unusual proportions that could be used off-road. The patent filings are the first clue to what the “radically different” car pledged by the British inventor Sir James Dyson might look like. Dyson said the patents were “deliberately light on…
Watchmen trailer: HBO reveals first look at superhero series
The final Game of Thrones episodes might be bringing HBO record ratings but they are also the last gasps of the network’s biggest show, leaving a rather worrisome hole in need of filling. While projects within the same universe are in development, HBO is hoping that a swifter replacement might be found in the shape…
Whole lotta rock: first official Led Zeppelin documentary announced
The first ever official documentary film about Led Zeppelin has been announced, to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary. Announcing the project, bassist John Paul Jones said: “The time was right for us to tell our own story for the first time in our own words, and I think that this film will really bring that…
Pamela Anderson’s Assange blanket conceals the truth of his detention
I see Pamela Anderson has been making yet another fashion statement. What is it?Joel, by email We’re a long way from the red bathing suit now, CJ. As you say, Joel, Pamela Anderson has indeed been putting the “statement” into fashion statement this week, when she was spotted – by a photographer who conveniently just…