by Max Astle | Jun 4, 2026 | Culture, Latest, Top Story
In 1976, A wine Competition took place where American wine from Napa Valley went against French wine. In the competition, the American wine won in both the Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. This not only caused an upset but also changed the wine landscape for the...
by Harry Wenlock | Jun 4, 2026 | Activism, Latest, People
On National Hug Your Cat Day, we revisit one of cinema’s most unlikely redemption stories and the ginger tom who made it possible. There is a moment in A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) where James Bowen, a homeless addict barely keeping himself alive on the streets of...
by Max Newman | Jun 4, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, War
Classical historian Professor Stephen Hodkinson considers the historical accounts of The battle of Thermopylae to determine why the battle is impossible to portray accurately in film. The martyrial sacrifice of King Leonidas and the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae...
by Matthew Stanger | Jun 4, 2026 | Latest, People, Top Story
When Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport, Sully Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles thought it would be a regular flight to Seattle, with a planned intermediate stop in North Carolina. Neither of them thought that they were about to lose both engines of their...
by Ben Simpson | Jun 4, 2026 | People, Sport
Sean Porter was a deputy probation officer at Camp Vernon Kilpatrick, with one simple idea: to change the lives of the kids in his juvenile detention centre. He wanted to bring them together through American football. And so, the Kilpatrick Mustangs were born. Porter...
