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A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story .review – the sad, shocking tale of .the last woman to be hanged in .Britain.
Lucy Boynton and Toby Jones’s outstanding performances meet beautifully claustrophobic cinematography in this tale of a young mother sentenced to death for killing her violent lover. By Rebecca Nicholson
For obvious reasons, the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman in Britain to be hanged by the state, has been told and retold in many different versions over the years, in film, theatre, radio and, of course, television. In A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, Lucy Boynton brings it to the small screen once again, playing the woman sentenced to death for shooting her lover, David Blakely, outside the Magdala pub in Hampstead, north-west London. It is a sad and complex story, and while the performances are excellent, this solid four-parter can only march them grimly towards their inevitable conclusion.
Three theories to explain the method to Trump's tariff madness
Earlier this week, Trump imposed punishing 25 percent tariffs on our neighbors Canada and Mexico while hiking tariffs on Chinese products another 10 percent. He did this despite strong pressure from groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce not to take this escalatory step, as it would precipitate retaliatory tariffs and could provoke an all-out trade war.A GO.
THIS IS A LONG BUT VERY INTERESTING READ AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE IT A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME
Greenland hits Donald Trump with stark warning after .bold takeover threat
Story by Anders Anglesey, Phoebe Tonks
Selling Pride merchandise is now a crime in Trump’s America! This is beyond ridiculous. Florida's new Attorney General sues Target for selling products for LGBTQ+ youth.
.Beach hut on Mudeford Spit on the market for £430k
A BEACH hut has gone on the market for a staggering £430,000 - and it doesn't even face the sea.
A Spanish city has granted residency to two undocumented Senegalese migrants who bravely intervened to stop a murderous homophobic attack.
Many bystanders watched but did nothing. The Africans were the only people who helped defend the dying gay man. HEROES!
Homeland Security can now spy on LGBTQ+ people & .groups as threats to U.S. safety
The move suggests that Trump may start investigating LGBTQ+ groups as a security threat.
By Greg Owen Thursday, February 27, 202
In another reversal of the Biden administration’s expansion of federal protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has eliminated language in internal documents prohibiting the surveillance of individuals or groups based solely on their sexual orientation or gender identity, Bloomberg reports.
Two men in Indonesia have been sentenced to public flogging under Sharia law after being caught having consensual sex.
Dolly Parton pays emotional tribute as husband of 60 years Carl Dean dies
Written by Marcus Wratten
Country music icon Dolly Parton has paid tribute to her husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean, after he died on Monday (3 March) at the age of 82.
A statement shared on her social media pages confirmed that he died in Nashville, Tennessee, the state that he and Parton lived in.
In a short but heartbreaking tribute, the “9 To 5” singer expressed that “words can’t do justice” to their relationship, which began when Parton was just 18.
.Centuries-old leasehold system to be abolished in .England and Wales.
Exclusive: Housing minister says overhaul of feudal-era system would take place before end of this parliament.
The housing minister has promised to abolish the centuries-old leasehold system in England and Wales before the end of this parliament, as the government takes the next steps towards an outright ban on new leasehold developments.
Only a bully kicks a man and then makes him say 'thank you'
I just watched Trump and Vance try to pressure Ukraine’s President into surrendering to Putin and I feel sick with shame.
Daniel O'Brien, University of Essex
McMurphy becomes an unlikely leader to the asylum patients, helping them to discover self-belief and confidence.
‘I’m selling the Nazi mobile’: Tesla owners offload cars after Musk’s fascist-style salutes
Tesla once appeared the future of vehicles. Then Musk’s salutes and support at Trump’s inauguration left owners feeling ‘saddled with a symbol of hate’
When Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s “truck of the future” in 2019, Filipos could barely contain his excitement. He quickly paid $100 to get on the waitlist. Filipos described himself as a “true Tesla fanboy”, and the Cybertruck would be the third vehicle he’d buy from the company
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