5 h. ago Bone Lake review – holiday rental house of horror is fun for everyone

You don’t need to be a fright flick aficionado to enjoy this smart and witty tale of a romantic weekend break going gruesomely wrongIt is certainly unusual to see in closeup an arrow fired into a naked scrotum before the title of a film has even been shown, but this is that rare film. The scrotum in question belongs to a man fleeing unclothed through the woods from an unseen assailant, together with an equally naked female companion who also comes swiftly to a sticky end. As opening salvoes go, it hits the spot, as it were.Then the film proper begins. A couple arrive at a bougie rental home only to find themselves facing the ultimate millennial nightmare: you’ve shelled out your hand-earned cash on a place for the weekend but find another couple have also booked it. This is the problem of listings on multiple platforms! Or is something more sinister going on? (If the ballsack shish kebab didn’t tip you off, another clue lies in the fact that the movie is called Bone Lake, not Airbnb...

Society

1 week ago Zero bedroom flat being offered in London for £1.8K a month leaves people baffled

A listing has been spotted in London for a flat with no bedroom and people are confused over the eye-wateringly expensive rental property - proving the true reality of London housing

Economics

2 w. ago I discovered the secrets of Egypt and the River Nile on a once

Only moving to wipe the moisture off my heated brow in the searing Egyptian sun, I gazed open-mouthed as I stood in front of one of the most captivating panoramas I'd ever seen in my 47 years of life.

Politics

2 w. ago Humiliation for Rachel Reeves as she admits she DID know she needed a licence after Daily Mail revealed the Chancellor broke rental law

There were growing calls for the Chancellor to be sacked following an extraordinary day of contradictory statements.

Society

2 w. ago Humiliation for Rachel Reeves as she admits she DID know she needed a licence after Daily Mail revealed the Chancellor broke the law over house rental

The Chancellor was on the ropes with calls for her to be sacked following an extraordinary day of contradictory statements.

Society

2 w. ago Estate agents used by Reeves did not apply for licence on her behalf as agreed

The Chancellor admitted to mistakenly breaching housing rules by failing to obtain a rental licence for her family home

Politics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves's husband emails to be published today amid rental house licence row

Downing Street insisted that the Prime Minister still retains confidence in his Chancellor and guaranteed Ms Reeves will deliver the Budget on November 26

Society

2 w. ago Rental licensing rules explained after Rachel Reeves’ property error

Here are the rules and the possible consequences of not having the right licence

Society

2 w. ago UK's Starmer stands by his Treasury chief after house rental rule breach

U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has apologized for renting out her London house without a license

Society

3 w. ago The Séance of Blake Manor review – gripping gothic detective game steeped in mystery and menace

Raw Fury/Spooky Doorway; PCAn atmospheric folk-horror adventure combines colonial guilt, spiritualism and supernatural chills in a tale of secrets and seances on Ireland’s haunted west coastA remote manor house on the west coast of Ireland, an eccentric cast of misfits and ne’er-do-wells, a dapper investigator with secrets of his own. The Séance of Blake Manor sounds like the stuff of cosy Sunday evening gaming. Thankfully, this folk-horror drama has much more to offer than a bit of fun for Agatha Christie fans.It’s October 1897, and you play as private investigator Declan Ward, sent to the aforementioned manor – now a grand hotel – to discover the whereabouts of one of its guests, Evelyn Deane, who has gone missing in mysterious circumstances. What you discover is a gothic mansion filled with eccentrics: from a psychic researcher wielding a spirit camera to a vodouist oungan and a Brazilian woman tracing her family roots. They are here to attend a grand seance that will take place ...

Politics