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When trying to explain what motivates me as a physicist, the film A Passage to India (1984) comes to mind. Based on the play by Santha Rama Rau, adapted from the novel by E M Forster, it describes the fallout from a rape case in the fictional city of Chandrapore, during the British Raj in India in the 1920s. What keeps the viewer’s attention is the subtlety of the relationships between the characters – particularly the fragile friendship between the man accused of the rape, Dr Aziz, and an Englishman, Mr Fielding. Data about identity alone, such as race, class, gender or educational stat...

COLCHESTER has the perfect combination of coastline, culture and countryside.

Douglas Hunter re-traces the search for the Northwest Passage through the Arctic, and almost gets lost among the spectral boatmen and copycat mutineers that ...

A STUNNING mural documenting Colchester's colourful history could be created in the heart of a busy shopping centre in the town centre. Lion Walk Shopping Centre has applied for planning permission to install the new mural on the external side of a wall to the graveyard at Holy Trinity Church, in Trinity Street, facing out on to the shopping centre. The mural will make reference to the historical significance of the church, including those buried in the graveyard, as well as feature nods to Colchester's more recent history. The planning application states: "We are planning to paint a ...

First look at Colchester's first ever micropub before it opens this month After an extensive search across north Essex, they chose the redeveloped Norfolk, which closed in 2018. Mr Searle said: “We have seen micropubs set up in Essex and we thought there was a good opportunity to bring the concept to Colchester and bring the town something different. “We looked at various venues in north Essex as there is a gap in the market. “We have had the premises for a few months and we have invested a lot of effort and time getting it ready.” First look at Colchester's first ever...