THE GUARD

Tim Robey reviews John Michael McDonagh’s The Guard

SHAME

Robbie Collin reviews Steve McQueen's film

Who said there's too much security at airports?

A runaway 11-year-old boy boards a plane in Manchester and travels to Rome without a passport or a boarding pass

Manchester Airport's Director of Communications explains incident

Scary car wash

Whose fault was it?

A more detailed account of the incident plus some comments

Anyone can make a mistake

Not such a big deal after all

THE IDES OF MARCH

See a review of the film

and a clip

No longer a secret

McDonald's executive chef reveals secret sauce recipe

Earlier Summer Holidays

Schools in east London are starting the summer holidays two weeks earlier - because of the Olympics

Listen to what students and teachers have to say about it

The Rolling Stones: Fifty Years

Today's the fiftieth anniversary of the Rolling Stones' first gig

Air-conditioned clothes

Those of us who have to dress up for work have always thought wouldn't it be wonderful if there were air-conditioned suits you could wear during the hot season. Now a group of MIT graduates have designed a shirt that regulates your body temperature.

Read the story, and watch the accompanying video on this link.

After reading this story we've done a bit of research, and, yes, it seems there are air-conditioned suits. See here, and here.

We're going to order a couple of them that help us get through the summer heat.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Derek Malcolm writes about Wuthering Heights

It's 4th of July today

About the Fourth of July

Talking urinals

You serious?
Absolutely