6 h. ago ‘I spent 12 hours a day for 16 months with Gene Hackman – but never met him’: The Conversation’s Walter Murch pays tribute

Murch was just a rookie when he was hired to edit Francis Ford Coppola’s follow-up to The Godfather, but studying Hackman taught him all he needed to knowI never formally met Gene Hackman. I glimpsed him once, in November 1972, when he bounded upstairs to the offices of American Zoetrope in San Francisco, but I didn’t recognise him until he told the receptionist that he was here to see Mona Skager.Francis Ford Coppola’s film The Conversation was about to start shooting in two weeks, and Mona was Francis’s associate producer. I was to be the film’s editor. That brief and solitary glimpse of Gene in real life was counterbalanced by 16 months of daily screen contact with Harry Caul, the character brought to life by Hackman. Continue reading...

Economics

10 h. ago Lighthouse fog horn sounds 24 hours a day – and locals are fuming

The Longships Lighthouse dates back to the 19th Century and has an automated fog horn, but this has now gone very wrong leaving locals fuming over the loud noises

Politics

36 h. ago Red Bull 'grateful' for F1 testing power cut as more disruption hits Bahrain track

A power cut caused a delay of more than an hour during the evening session on the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain, but it may have worked in Max Verstappen's favour

Events

48 h. ago Family spent £600 on luxury lunch but had to stop for KFC on the way home

The group claims the food was "cold and unappealing" and served three hours late on Christmas Day last year and they were so hungry after they left they had to stop for more food on their way home

Economics

58 h. ago #AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside

Government employees fight the Trump administration’s chaos by organizing and publishing information on BlueskyAfter seeing Elon Musk’s X post on Saturday afternoon about an email that would soon land in the inboxes of 2.3 million federal employees asking them to list five things they did the week before, a clandestine network of employees and contractors at dozens of federal agencies began talking on an encrypted app about how to respond.Employees on a four-day, 10-hours-a-day schedule wouldn’t even see the email until Tuesday – past the deadline for responding – some noted. There was also a bit of snark: “bonus points to anyone who responds that they spent their government subsidy on hookers and blow,” one worker said. Continue reading...

Politics

61 h. ago Sky Sports F1's Ted Kravitz and David Croft argue live on air 45 minutes into F1 Testing

They are Sky Sports F1 colleagues who regularly have on-screen debates during live broadcasts, and it took less than an hour of the first day of testing in 2025 for their first argument

Society

3 d. ago The photographers who documented New Year’s Day – in pictures

24 photographers from around the world were asked to capture a different hour of New Year’s Day 2025. The photographs are being exhibited at the Soho Square Gardens in London Continue reading...

Culture

3 d. ago Woman, 24, makes drastic change after spending 'hours a day on my phone'

Jess Farnham says the difference was undeniable

Politics

5 d. ago Montecito millionaires fuming as tour bus invades stunning hidden gem

Residents in the millionaire enclave of Montecito, California fumed at tourists for ruining an influencer-favorite local hot springs this week.

Society

6 d. ago Sports club sparks neighbourhood row as locals fume over 'gunshot' noises

A picturesque neighbourhood in Winchester has been at the centre of a row over noise from a fitness club - and some locals say their lives are being made intolerable

Politics

9 d. ago A (very long) day in the life of Spudman: Jacket potato vendor gets up at 4am before he works gruelling 14 hour shift

Ben Newman, 40, from Tamworth, who is facing eviction from his spot in the Staffordshire's town centre, starts his day at 4am.

Politics

9 d. ago A (very long) day in the life of Spudman: Jacket potato vendor's gets up at 4am before he works gruelling 14 hour shift

Ben Newman, 40, from Tamworth, who is facing eviction from his spot in the Staffordshire's town centre, starts his day at 4am.

Politics

9 d. ago Detectives release images of two key witnesses in murder investigation

Albertu Ursu, 38, died in the early hours of New Year's Day

Events

1 week ago Europe's sunniest coastal city revealed and nearly half of Brits have never heard of it

The Bay of Cádiz, in Spain, has been revealed as Europe's sunniest coastal city, with up to eight hours of sunshine each day - and flights from the UK are cheap

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