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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Guidance For A Safe Halloween

Dorset Police is asking members of the community to respect each other this Halloween.If you are going trick-or-treating this Halloween, we want you to have fun and be safe, but remember, not everyone wants you to call at their home. We are urging trick-or-treaters to avoid houses where it...
John Peel, born John Robert Parker Ravenscroft on 30 August 1939, was a pioneering radio DJ whose influence on British music can hardly be overstated. For nearly 40 years, his BBC Radio 1 show was a vital source of discovery for generations of listeners, and his advocacy for new...
I was going through some material for an upcoming project with the evening news on. I watched a story about the winter fuel allowance being taken away from the elderly and then thought of other vulnerable people who spend each day in a constant state of panic. It reminded...
The world of reality television recently collided with the fraught arena of international politics when ITV’s Big Brother became the subject of an uproar over the depiction of a T-shirt worn by one of its contestants, Ali. This seemingly innocuous garment, featuring a watermelon in the shape of Israel,...
Let Us begin with Joshua Maponga making his case for King Leopold of Belgium as the most evil man to have ever lived. It is a remarkable reality. Conveniently forgotten. pic.twitter.com/56I7zv6ocy— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) October 19, 2024 Adolf Hitler is widely regarded as the epitome of evil in modern history,...

For The Cure Fans Everywhere

The Cure, an English rock band formed in 1978, is widely regarded as one of the most influential and enduring acts to emerge from the post-punk era. Their music has left an indelible mark on alternative rock, gothic music, and the wider landscape of popular culture. Led by the...
Dorset-born musician, composer, poet and songwriter PJ Harvey is to be honoured with a special award for her Contribution to Dorset Music at the Original Music Awards at Lighthouse Poole on Friday 17 January. Having consistently drawn on her Dorset roots, from the gutsy songs of her 1992 debut album...
The Godfather trilogy, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo, has long captivated audiences with its portrayal of the inner workings of the mafia. While these films are often considered masterpieces of cinema, their close association with real-world organised crime begs the...
The BBC's history of enabling perverts is now well documented. Savile, Harris, Hall, Denning, Travis, King.... Sadly as the Strictly scandal reveals it has still not learnt its lesson. The following from October 12 2024 should have seen Katya knock this slimy thing out. But no she has to put...
It's been hard to escape reviews of Francis Ford Coppola's $120 million home movie in the last month. Either ‘the worst film’ you have ever seen or a ‘late masterpiece’. It is neither. It is less awful than Wicked, Venom or the other noisy, stupid and forgettable studio blockbusters...