Residents angry after fire at east London high-rise with Grenfell-style panels Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
Blaze engulfs several floors of tower block near Canary Wharf
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Residents of a high-rise block with Grenfell-style cladding in east London that caught fire causing multiple injuries have voiced anger at the government and the building’s developer that nothing was done to repair it sooner.
A crystal ball was – at least at the outset – not required. A trip to the US in 1993 to “see the internet” left me in no doubt: the days of the daily printed newspaper were numbered. Once people learned about this thing they were calling the “world wide web”, there would be no going back. It might take 10 years, it might take 50, but it was clear that the future was digital. If that much seemed obvious, everything else was a mist of.
Oscars: Four Great Films That Should Have Been Nominated For Best Picture (But Weren’t)
Graeme Robertson with four great films that should have been nominated for Best Picture…
The Oscars draw ever near and, even with the pandemic doing its best to screw things up, this year has been gifted with a very strong line-up. However, we’re not talking about those films, instead, as we did last year, we’re going to be looking at a few films that, despite being brilliant, didn’t receive that much desired nomination for Best Picture.
So join me as we take a look at Four Great Films That Should Have Been Nominated For Best Picture (But Weren’t). Seriously, doe anyone have a suggestion for a shorter title for next year?