Hay on WiFi! Literary festival goes virtual and will be free to view online thanks to £350,000 in donations Hay Festival forced to go online amid pandemic but still features famous lineup Some 80 live broadcasts and events to take place which are all free to view The festival was once described by Bill Clinton … Read more
Nine million attempts to view child abuse images online were made from the UK in just ONE MONTH of the coronavirus lockdown, new figures reveal There were at least 8.8 million attempts in four weeks between March and April But the Internet Watch Foundation warns the true figure could be even higher Bosses plea with … Read more
To help relieve itchy feet brought on by extended stays at Costa Del Sofa, Google has pointed out that it has over 10 million miles of Street View imagery available for exploration. And some of it can even be explored with professional guides who have taken their tours virtual. Google says that in the past … Read more
A bitter row over alleged censorship at The Guardian grew last night as it emerged a piece written by David Hockney was discussed at the highest level before being refused by the paper. The artist became embroiled in a row with the newspaper after it refused to publish his controversial opinion that smoking could protect … Read more
Homes market surges as buyers burst out of lockdown gloom and head out of town to view properties Savills estate agents say interest in new homes has increased by 30 per cent There were 906 homes sold on Wednesday and 1,883 properties listed for sale The housing market has burst since lockdown restrictions were lifted midweek … Read more
New Spotify features let parents view kids’ playback history and block them from listening to certain content Two new features are being rolled out on the Spotify Kids app They let parents view playback history and block specific songs Spotify is also rolling out its kids app to users in Japan and Germany By James … Read more
They move slowly across the landscape, lumbering and flat footed, but tenacious. Their primordial mission is to safeguard the past, then furnish and burnish the future anew. Look at them! Their heads are huge and their brains are perhaps not so huge – but their path is straight and true. They trudge onwards through the … Read more
An Inspector Calls… A Room With A View is a seafront hotel in Brighton where the rooms are cosy and the breakfast buffet is a joy A Room With A View is located on Brighton’s seafront near Palace Pier The Inspector liked the plantation shutters and ‘cheery’ headboard in his room The breakfast buffet is … Read more
Joy Behar, 77, announces break from The View amid coronavirus concerns: ‘I’m in a higher risk group because of my age, but I’m perfectly healthy’ Whoopi Goldberg, Meghan McCain and Sunny Hostin will continue on the show The show will not have a live studio audience present Behar will take at least one week off … Read more
More and more television shows are suspending shooting with live studio audiences amid a growing fear over the novel coronavirus. New York based shows The View, Live With Kelly and Ryan and Tamron Hall announced Wednesday that they would move forward in the coming weeks with new shows but without an audience. ‘Given the current … Read more