The canal boat drifted gently across the sky, 40 metres above the ground. Two men in a canoe followed. They were wearing lifejackets, although parachutes might have been more appropriate. There is, it is safe to say, nowhere else in the world that you can float your boat so far …
Read More »Showmax debuts trailer for fantasy series ‘Blood Psalms’ in collaboration with Canal+
Set in ancient Africa, one thousand days after the fall of Atlantis, ‘Blood Psalms’ explores the story of the five surviving houses of Kemet as they find themselves beset with fears of a prophesied end of days. South African actress Bokang Phelane plays the lead role as Princess Zazi, a …
Read More »A canal and seaside walk to a great pub: the Hest Bank, near Morecambe Bay
Lancashire’s great seaside resorts were built close to mill towns, mining towns, cities and soot. Railways siphoned the sun-starved to the resorts, which grew and grew, until they looked a bit like the places the daytrippers and Wakes weekers were trying to escape. That’s why Hest Bank, north of Morecambe, …
Read More »12 rescued as bus falls into Lagos canal
No fewer than 12 passengers of a commercial bus were rescued after the bus they boarded veered off its lane and skidded into the canal at Cement busstop on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, thi evening July 10. Eye witnesses blamed the driver of the commercial bus for driving recklessly. Confirming the …
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