Over 70 service men and women will march through the streets of Poole on Saturday 4 May as a Royal Navy Warship is granted the Freedom of Poole.
The entire Ships Company of HMS Cattistock, led by The Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines Plymouth, will parade from The Quay...
The term "utopia" originates from the Greek words "ou" (meaning "not") and "topos" (meaning "place"), translating to "no place" or "nowhere." In a literal sense, "utopia" refers to an imaginary or fictional place, often depicted as an idealised society where social, political, and economic systems are perfected. It was...
The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has halted plans for a multi-million pound payout to the British Conservative MP Richard Drax for the purchase of 53 acres of the Drax Hall plantation, which he owns.
As revealed in the Observer last Sunday the payout plan had angered those involved in the Caribbean...
Last night I was privileged enough to see an independent cinema screening of a live play, Nye, about the story of Aneurin Bevan, the man who brought us the NHS. Nye is played by the wonderful Welsh actor Michael Sheen. I am not usually one for plays, or theatre...
The man who helped create Frankenstein now admits that it has become a monster.
"I'm surprised how tolerant Ofcom has been of GB News... I certainly would never have allowed politicians to interview other politicians from the same party... Incredible. On these areas, Ofcom needs to find a backbone... &...
A new report lays bare what life is like on the UK's floating prison-barge, the Bibby Stockholm.
Produced by Care4Calais, Portland Global Friendship Group and Stand up to Racism Dorset, 'The Bibby Stockholm: A People’s Inquiry', compiles the lived experience of people living on the barge, evidence from the charities...
A provocative fresh study has unearthed a correlation between left-wing convictions and both elevated intelligence quotient (IQ) scores and genetic markers thought to be linked with heightened intelligence.
As elucidated by psychology researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in their novel paper, published in the journal Intelligence, a...
If one has ever wondered why most people switch off from other people's reality, wonder no more. In Neil Postman's book 'Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business' he explains how we are distracted by nonsense, served up by the corporate media as entertainment.
In...
“Talented and well-practiced in every vice, a stranger to compassion or empathy, a liar and a cheat so complete in perfidy that he has elevated his dishonesty to hold it up as an ersatz moral principle.
Violent, so long as he can order someone else to do the dirty...
Lighthouse, Poole, is pleased to announce the following new shows and screenings on sale this week:
NT Live: Nye (12A)Saturday 11, Friday 17, Thursday 23 May, 4pm (Sat), 1.30pm (Fri), 7.30pm (Thurs), CinemaMichael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the...
