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PULP FICTION was released 31 years ago this week. A cultural phenomenon on its release, and the movie that catapulted the career of writer-director Quentin Tarantino, the tale of how it came to be is the Big Kahuna Burger of making-of stories…. 1/67
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https://t.co/KuItYJwnhO Incompetent, reckless drivers are killing people by dooring them.
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No one will be prosecuted for the death of a pioneering Great Ormond Street hospital doctor who was killed cycling in London, the Evening Standard can reveal.
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GOODFELLAS was released 35 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great Hollywood gangster movies and among the most popular films of director Martin Scorsese, the story of how it was made will have you carrying Henry Hill’s mother’s groceries all the way home… 1/56
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In 1736, people living in Spitalfields put candles in their windows to prove they were English during 3 nights of anti Irish rioting and the murder of an Irish boy. Those who do not learn from the lessons of history…
Immigrants in Ballymena have started displaying notes like “Locals live here” and “I work in a care home” to escape the ongoing Pogrom in Ballymena, a loyalist area in Northern Ireland. History repeats itself.
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Good morning! This week's theme is St Paul's Cathedral. ------ 'St Paul's and Ludgate Hill' (c.1887) by William Logsdail (Private collection)
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AIRPLANE! was released 44 years ago today. Still one of the most beloved comedies ever made, and the film that turned Leslie Nielsen to comedy, the story of how it came to the screen surely can’t be serious… 1/31
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A central London pub crawl where each pub takes you one century further into the future... on this week's Londonist: Time Machine 🍺 https://t.co/FnGo50NvPL
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A photograph of American tourists on a sightseeing tour of London, taken in 1910.
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WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY was released 53 years ago today. One of the most beloved family films ever made and among the most popular works of Gene Wilder, the making of story is like entering a world of pure imagination… 1/57
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"by as much as 88% in some cases" A claim so ludicrous it was withdrawn 11 years ago: https://t.co/8C0pO4ODVH
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Outgoing Nottinghamshire Police & Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry says she’s “absolutely gutted” to have lost but says it wasn’t a surprise She blames national factors and says it’s “only the media” who talk about her speeding offences
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THIS IS SPINAL TAP was released 40 years ago this week. Widely regarded as one of the funniest comedies ever made, and the film that spawned the ‘mockumentary’, the behind the scenes tale goes to 11… 1/40
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"The payments come from my listeners, I don't understand how it's justifiable?" "It's in her capacity as a minister." Financial Treasury Secretary Nigel Huddleston debates with @TomSwarbrick1 on whether Michelle Donelan was right to pay for her libel case with taxpayers' money.
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Welcome to 5th Avenue in New York City. Should be like this all year round.
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