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Striking traditional radiators for every room October 19, 2021 | Sponsored Make a design statement while adding an extra level of comfort this autumn with award-winning, British-made traditional cast iron radiators. Cast Iron Radiators stocks more than 80 decorative and traditional castings that can be assembled according to your exact requirements at its Yorkshire factory. The company has the UK’s widest range of finishes, including Farrow [...]
Design your own luxury pool, snooker or dual-purpose dining table October 19, 2021 | Sponsored Do you enjoy a game of pool or snooker and would love to have a table of our own? Billiards can help. The company understands that the perfect pool table shouldn’t just be fun to play on but should also be a striking centrepiece of interior design, with its shape, materials and finishes chosen specifically [...]
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Furnishing made easier October 19, 2021 | Sponsored Looking for a new sofa? David Phillips Furniture has a huge range in stock, which can be ready for quick delivery. As a specialist furnishing provider, the company offers everything you need for stylish, stress-free furnishing, from sofas and armchairs to dining tables and chairs. In 1998, founders David and Phillip started a small business [...]
Green light for South Korea as Squid Game fans flock to the country October 19, 2021 Travel search engine Kayak has registered a surge in the number of British people searching for flights to South Korea since Squid Game premiered on Netflix. Kayak’s research showed that searches have gone up 50 per cent since the South Korean dystopian drama premiered on 17 September. Under the current travel restrictions, travels from the [...]
Bad news Nigel: Traditionalist names of City grandees slide down the baby-name ranks October 18, 2021 Baby names are increasingly being shaped by pop culture, according to the latest data, which has shown more traditional names to slide down the ranks, but win favour with mothers over 35. It marks a fading out of City grandee names like Emma Walmsley, who’s first name was ranked 60th most popular, Martin Gilbert who came [...]
Halloween Kills, review: More silly than scary October 18, 2021 Michael Myers is the perfect frontman for the Halloween franchise: an ageing but unstoppable juggernaut, pulling the same old tricks from all the way back in 1978 to an increasingly bemused audience. It’s no wonder director David Gordon Green wanted to try something new when he took over with 2018’s franchise reboot. Alas the curse [...]
Ron’s Gone Wrong, review: A family film with a tech twist October 18, 2021 It’s a sign of the times that an increasing number of family films are focusing on technology. The Jumanji movies moved from a boardgame to a video game console; Space Jam’s villain was a rogue AI; and one of the best family movies of this year, The Mitchells Vs The Machines, had our reliance on [...]
Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Review October 18, 2021 Despite being a patchy mess, 2018’s Venom rose to surprise box office success thanks to a charming star in Tom Hardy, and an audience that was growing weary of sombre superheroes (Aquaman succeeded in the same year for similar reasons). A sequel was inevitable, but has it done enough to flesh out the cult anti-hero? [...]