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First Man, Saturday, Channel 4, 9pm Following their successful 2016 musical collaboration La La Land, which netted 14 Academy Award nominations and six Oscars, director Damien Chazelle and actor Ryan Gosling teamed up again in 2018 for something completely different: an entirely dance-free biopic about legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. Beginning in 1961 and running through to the iconic 1969 Apollo 11 mission which Armstrong commanded, First Man is a tense and i...

Welcome to my home town: How growing up in the Hundred Acre Wood prepared me for lockdown Anna Prendergast © Provided by The Independent During lockdown, many of us made the pilgrimage back to our family homes – and rediscovered them through fresh eyes. Part guide, part love letter, “ ” is a new series in which we celebrate where we’re from. After all, it could be a while before we can go anywhere else… Mention Forest Row outside of Forest Row, and you’ll likely be...

There has never been another American interloper quite like Sir Henry Chips Channon, who married a Guinness heiress and became both an MP and the darling of London society. But perhaps even Channon would have been astonished that his Diaries — now published in unexpurgated form for the first time — would inspire frenzied debate more than eight decades after he wrote them. One entry — for November 19, 1936 — is generating particular excitement. This now records not just that tiaras nodde...

Images - Google street view With the nation in the midst of a third lockdown getting out for our daily exercise has become more important than ever. Whether its a new priority to get out and move your body, be it because of working from home and being sat down all day or escaping the house for a moment alone, away from home schooling - exercise has become our solace.  The benefits of being active far exceed just the physical changes your body may see.  The emotional benefits of get...

Thanks to the lockdown huge numbers of people have been descending on beauty spots in Sussex every time the sun comes out. I know the authorities would rather we were all tucked up at home and most us are most of the time. But if you surveyed those who have had an hour or two in the countryside, I’m sure most would say they felt far better because of it. The trouble is that too many people are going to these places which makes keeping their distance hard to observe. At Devil’s Dyk...

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by Contributor on Friday Jan 15 2021 Rossland Public Library board member Abigail Steel; submitted photo “Books of My Life”-- Q and A with Abigail Steel, Rossland Public Library Board Member: My favourite childhood book and favourite book to read aloud -- because I spent part of my early childhood in England, my much loved, favourite books are those by A. A. Milne, including The House at Pooh Corner. The “hundred acre wood” referred to in the Winnie-the-Po...

The Goring, Belgravia: not one to do things by halves The Goring hotel in London’s upmarket Belgravia neighbourhood isn’t one to do things by halves, as guests checking in on Christmas Eve are bound to discover. They will find Champagne and chocolates waiting for them in their rooms and can look forward to gorging on Michelin-starred cuisine and traditional Christmas treats. Meanwhile, scarlet-coated footmen will be attending to every whim and fancy. Breakfast on the big day will be served ...