40% of girls born in the UK this year will live to be 100, new research suggests. Girls born in 2013 will have a four in ten chance of living to be centenarians, a large contrast to just 13% of girls born in 1951, reports the Daily Mail. Experts predict that by 2060 there will be half a million centenarians living in the UK, and 60% of girls born that year will live to see their 100th birthday, with the trend continuing. Research further shows that in Europe the proportion of people over the age of 65 will be 40% by 2030. John Appleby, chief economist at the (more)...
- 1/23/2013
- by By Lauren Sexton
- Digital Spy
New owner of 'Crow Crag' is holding open-air screenings with live music next month. Sprinkling the Guardian Northerner with quotes from the script, John Appleby reports
Fans of the 1987 cult classic Withnail and I are preparing for a 'splendid weekend in the country', somewhat along the lines of the film's plot. Two outdoor screenings of Withnail will be staged in the courtyard at Sleddale Hall near Shap, the ramshackle farmhouse which stood in for Uncle Monty's 'Crow Crag' country retreat.
The post-film history of Sleddale Hall could almost be turned into a film in itself. Owned until recently by United Utilities, the remote 18th century farmhouse had seen plans for its redevelopment regularly put on the table by the company, only for them to return to the drawing board after failing to win support from Eden district council. Uninhabited since the filming, Sleddale slowly fell into dereliction as ironically, the...
Fans of the 1987 cult classic Withnail and I are preparing for a 'splendid weekend in the country', somewhat along the lines of the film's plot. Two outdoor screenings of Withnail will be staged in the courtyard at Sleddale Hall near Shap, the ramshackle farmhouse which stood in for Uncle Monty's 'Crow Crag' country retreat.
The post-film history of Sleddale Hall could almost be turned into a film in itself. Owned until recently by United Utilities, the remote 18th century farmhouse had seen plans for its redevelopment regularly put on the table by the company, only for them to return to the drawing board after failing to win support from Eden district council. Uninhabited since the filming, Sleddale slowly fell into dereliction as ironically, the...
- 8/20/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Nerve's Eight Best Music Videos of 2011 As selected by acclaimed cinematographer and director Max Goldman. by Max Goldman Max Goldman has shot videos for Gnarls Barkley, Jay Z, The Killers, Cat Power, Rihanna, and Jakob Dylan, and recently directed the video "Pyro" for Kings of Leon. We asked Max what he thought were the best videos of the year; here are his choices. M83, "Midnight City," directed by Fleur & Manu This is a concept that we've seen before, but it's done as well as I've seen anyone do it. It feels creepy and real at the same time. And the directors got really great performances out of the kids. [pagebreak] Bryan John Appleby, "Cliffs Along The Sea," directed by Christian Sorenson Hansen A one-take video on the water in the Washington Park Arboretum, "Cliffs Along The Sea&[...]...
- 12/27/2011
- by Max Goldman
- Nerve
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