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Rachel Jones: SMIIILLLLEEEE at Thaddaeus Ropac review – A big toothy grin from a rising star
Review at a glance R achel Jones was one of the youngest artists in Mixing It Up, this autumn’s huge painting survey at the Hayward Gallery. The 30-year-old Essex-based artist also has a Chisenhale Gallery show coming around the corner and, ahead of that, this exhibition, SMIIILLLLEEEE, in one ofContinue Reading
Luke backs call for national memorial to lost fishermen
Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has added his support to call for a national memorial day to fishermen lost at sea. In a debate in the House of Commons called by Hull MP Karl Turner, Luke said: “In Plymouth we have lost four fishers in recentContinue Reading
Skipton building society supports Plymouth Foodbank as part of a £27,000 aid package
Plymouth Foodbank has been given a welcome £250 cash boost from their local Skipton Building Society branch. The donation is part of a £27,000 aid scheme by Skipton to help foodbanks across the country as they tackle the ever increasing need for help in feeding the hungry and those livingContinue Reading
We analysed a decade of media coverage of obesity – this is what we found
VGstockstudio / Shutterstock With the new year on the way, no doubt many headlines will be urging readers to set resolutions to lose the weight they may have put on over the holidays. However, the way the British press talks about weight, obesity and health has fluctuated markedly in recentContinue Reading
Owner whose horse came second drafts in lawyer to overturn result, disqualify winner and pocket £100,000 for himself
AN OWNER whose horse finished second has drafted in a lawyer to try to get the result overturned and pocket the £100,000 winner’s prize for himself. Jeff Drown also wants the official winner of the race to be disqualified because he believes it stopped his horse from coming first dueContinue Reading
‘Dennis’ could be a ‘Storm’ unabating!
Alrehb, a winner when trained by Charles Hills on his second start last September, since when the four-year-old War Front gelding has been moved to the yard of Kevin Philippart De Foy, will be tough to beat in a Novice Stakes over the straight Newcastle tapeta mile this afternoon; ‘bigContinue Reading
New Opportunity for Climate-Aware Volunteering with Neroche Woodlanders
Neroche Woodlanders today announced a new Climate-Aware Volunteering programme, open to anyone living around Taunton, Wellington and the Blackdown Hills. A series of free, short introductory session starts in January 2022, to welcome new volunteers into the woods, while at the same time helping them learn more about climate andContinue Reading
Omicron and COVID boosters: everything you need to know
The omicron variant of COVID is now spreading rapidly. Early reports suggest omicron causes less severe disease than other variants but it still poses a risk to the most vulnerable, with patients starting to arrive in hospitals. Omicron also appears to have some ability to get around existing immunity, whetherContinue Reading
How to enjoy a digital detox over Christmas
Jacob Lund/shutterstock It is not surprising that many of us have been suffering from digital overload during the pandemic, and taking care of our “digital wellbeing” has become a common theme. Social media, online shopping, making reservations, and even necessary chores like paying bills have meant that technology has pervadedContinue Reading
Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving
Cash crop: poppy cultivation and heroin trafficking vie with people smuggling as some of the most lucrative ways of making money in Afghanistan. EPA-EFE/Ghulamullah Habibi In the frontier town of Zaranj on Afghanistan’s border with Iran, young men jostle one another as they cram into pickups that leave at regularContinue Reading