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And now for a little me time
AT THE
FLICKS
Release Date: July 30, 2020
Academy Award© winner,
Russell Crowe, stars in UNHINGED,
a timely psychological thriller that
explores the fragile balance of a
society pushed to the edge, taking
something we’ve all experienced -
road rage - to an unpredictable and
terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren
Pistorius) is running late to work
when she has an altercation
at a traffic light with a stranger
(Crowe) whose life has left him
feeling powerless and invisible.
Soon, Rachel finds herself, and
everyone she loves, the target
of a man who decides to make
one last mark upon the world by
We are giving away
2 x DVD action Packs
from STUDIOCANAL in
conjunction with the
release of UNHINGED in
Cinemas on July 30!
Simply send an email to info@
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Giveaway in the subject line with
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number in the email to win.
Adrenalin DVD Prize Pack valued
@ $65 includes Countdown, John
Wick 3. John Wick 2 & The Furies.
teaching her a series of deadly lessons.
What follows is a dangerous game of cat
and mouse that proves you never know
just how close you are to someone who
is about to become unhinged.
Cast: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius,
Gabriel Bateman. Directed by Derrick
Borte. Written by Carl Ellsworth.
Produced by Lisa Ellzey
PODCASTS
Good Night Stories
for Rebel Girls
by Lorna Gordon
You might already be familiar
with the Goodnight Stories for Rebel
Girls books, which have some great
bedtime reading material for your
kids. However, if you are interested in
educating your children about strong,
fearless women but want something
to listen to instead, then check out the
podcast made by the same team.
This podcast is perfect to listen
to with your kids and
can bring up some
interesting topics.
While the focus is on
women, and the name
suggests it should be
for girls, this podcast is
of benefit to all of us,
males and females.
Each episode looks
at the story of a woman
who made an impact
on the world through
different mediums,
from sports, TV and
science to the arts
and environment.
With women like
Frida Kahlo, Harriet
Tubman, Julia
Child, Oprah Winfrey
and Greta Thunberg
on the list you can be sure to find an
interesting story to enjoy with your
children.
There are three series of the
podcast so far featuring 49 different
women in total. As well as the podcast,
the Rebel Girls website has links to
books and free activities.
The podcast can be found at
www.rebelgirls.com/pages/podcast,
or where you would usually listen to
your poddy’s.
This podcast will entertain and educate your kids!
GREEN LIVING
How to have a green cuppa
by Lorna Gordon
How does your daily cuppa impact on
the environment?
Fancy a cuppa? I’m sure that most
readers enjoy a cup of tea or coffee on a
daily basis, but have you ever considered
the environmental impact of your daily
caffeine fix?
If you like tea or coffee from your local
café and drink it on the go, make sure you
invest in a keep cup that can be used over
and over again. Take away cups are lined
with plastic which is not biodegradable
and with the cups being classed as
contaminated from having coffee in them,
shouldn’t be recycled anyway.
The reusable cups have an
environmental impact when they are
produced, however as they can be used
repeatedly their overall effect is lesser;
and they look better than a paper cup,
just saying!
If you enjoy coffee at home or at work
from a machine which uses pods, you
can dispose of the pods responsibly. You
might find that your local council can’t
recycle them if they are put in your curb
side pick-up, but there are places which
will take used pods and recycle them.
If you want to go the extra mile,
stainless steel reusable pods are now
available to purchase. You can fill them
with your favourite blend and use over
and over again, saving you money and
lowering your environmental impact.
Tea lovers are not off the hook with
the environmental impact of tea, either.
Many commercial tea bags have micro
plastics in them which are difficult to
stop entering our bodies, our waterways,
and shouldn’t be put into compost piles
either.
To help stop this plastic pollution,
you can use loose leaf tea in a tea strainer
and bypass tea bags altogether. The tea
leaves which are left over are great to put
on your plants or in your compost and will
rot down to provide nutrients.
And for both tea and coffee drinkers,
here is an interesting fact, the carbon
footprint from boiling your kettle is far
greater than producing the tea or coffee.
So before you put the kettle on, think
about what impact your humble cuppa
can have and what you can do to reduce
it. Small changes in our habits can make a
big difference!
Image by Clay Banks, Unsplash
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