Friday, 11 July 2014

What's On: Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest For Longitude at National Maritime Museum

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WHAT'S ON


In many ways, a major new exploration of the quest for longitude at the National Maritime Museum is the story of Greenwich itself.

Film review: Begin Again (15)

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WHAT'S ON


Begin Again
(15) 104mins
★★★★✩

Actors secretly harbour a dream to be a musician and musicians want to be an actor one day." So says Brit James Corden, who turns up in this love song to the power of music which is heaving with job swappers.

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Exhibition: Bridge at Museum Of London Docklands

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WHAT'S ON


Bridge is a free exhibition of artworks responding to the capital's crossings showing at the Museum Of London Docklands, West India Quay. We have selected four of the works from the exhibition with words of explanation or evocation.

Business books: Think Like A Freak, The Reckoning

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BOOKS


Think Like A Freak
Levitt & Dubner (Penguin)
★★✩✩✩

In 2005, the double act of Steven D Levitt (economist) and Stephen J Dubner (writer) stumbled upon a new name for the old practice of thinking outside the box - Freakonomics.