The British pub is safer than a supermarket aisle, yet now it faces oblivion writes Young’s pubs CEO

Patrick Dardis, Chief Executive of Young’s Pubs brewery group The disastrous and counter-productive extension of lockdowns announced by the Government yesterday is a catastrophe from which the pub trade will never fully recover. By banning household mixing in pubs in London and beyond, Boris Johnson is condemning hundreds of thousands of the 1.3million people who … Read more

US internet freedom score declines as the government use Covid-19 to increase censorship online

Many governments around the world have introduced new digital surveillance and data collection tools to combat the coronavirus, but a new report says the technologies are an abuse of power. Freedom House, a human rights watchdog group, released an internet freedom report that shows a decline in free speech and privacy online across 80 countries … Read more

YouTuber uses AI to restore footage from 1896 of a busy Manhattan intersection in glorious color 

New York remastered: YouTuber uses AI to restore footage from 1896 showing the busy intersection of Broadway and Exchange Alley in glorious colour Stunning scenes show the busy intersection of Broadway and Exchange Alley Trams compete for space with horse-drawn carriages and spiffily-dressed men YouTuber Denis Shiryaev used neural networks to upgrade and colorize the … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: Applause? Not at Matt Hancock’s perpetual one-man show

Droopy-eyed, theatrical hams are forever grumbling about the relentless grind. Six shows a week, plus matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays.  Non-stop, dears! Still, there’s always the adulation to look forward to. The applause, the whistles, the occasional late night supper at The Ivy, courtesy of a star-struck dowager. The Health Secretary’s now near-daily performances at … Read more