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The Business of Film: Spirit Untamed, Stillwater, The Last Letter from your Lover & Running Against the Wind

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Spirit Untamed, Stillwater, The Last Letter from your Lover & Running Against the Wind
James Cameron-Wilson is positive about the UK box office, down 16% against a strong week but still up over 2,000% on last year! He reviews computer-animated Spirit Untamed w. Julianne Moore, gripping thriller Stillwater w. Matt Damon from Spotlight director Tom McCarthy and Mills & Boon-y The Last Letter From Your Lover w. Felicity Jones and Shailene Woodley. His DVD of the week is an utterly absorbing Ethiopian film Running Against The Wind.
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James Cameron-Wilson

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Is the BoE got right on inflation and calls for UK institutions to invest in infrastructure

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Is the BoE got right on inflation and calls for UK institutions to invest in infrastructure
Laith Khalaf, head of investment analysis at A J Bell, explains why the Bank of England is not about to raise interest rates, despite its forecasts of inflation way about the 2% target. He warns that investors should make sure, however, that they are prepared for higher interest rates. And, in the light of the Prime Minister and Chancellor calling for the institutions to invest in long-term UK projects, he considers why that isn't already happening and what would need to change to make it tempting for them to do so.
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Laith Khalaf

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The Bigger Picture: Authoritarianism on the rise, the BoE's dilemma & the new era of UK security policy

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: Authoritarianism on the rise, the BoE's dilemma & the new era of UK security policy
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University considers why the authoritarianism is on the rise around the world, even in the UK; is it something we should be concerned about? With debt at such levels, he discusses why the Bank of England under Andrew Bailey is caught between a rock and a hard place and so irritated by the House of Lords economic affairs committee. And, with HMS Queen Elizabeth heading a carrier strike group visiting 40 countries, he explains why the UK is heading into a new era of security policy.
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Professor Tim Evans

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Lose weight by eating more, biodegradable plastic (with a catch) & Leica's smartphone

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Lose weight by eating more, biodegradable plastic (with a catch) & Leica's smartphone
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin discusses research that enables mice to eat more and still lose weight, Leica's first smartphone, waterproof cotton lifejackets, Adidas's sports sunglasses, a sign language translation glove, a keyboard that uses only AA batteries for power, the liking of bees for caffeine, more funny tongue-in-cheek Amazon reviews and biodegradable plastic that's useful only in the dark with no oxygen.
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Steve Caplin

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Lessons to be learned from the results season

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Lessons to be learned from the results season
Russ Mould of A J Bell considers the results season, embracing companies that helped us get through Covid but are fading now and those companies that suffered and which are now speeding ahead. One almost universal constant, though, is the complaint about higher input costs and staff shortages. Whatever central bankers say, inflation is already here and have a big effect. Which companies are going to be least affected by it?
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Russ Mould

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The Business of Film: The Suicide Squad, Jungle Cruise & Antebellum

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: The Suicide Squad, Jungle Cruise & Antebellum
As cinemas are once more permitted to operate at full capacity, James Cameron-Wilson celebrates another uptick in box office take. He reviews The Suicide Squad, James Gunn's latest hit with Idris Elba and Margot Robbie, finding it even better than The Guardians of the Galaxy. He is less impressed by Jungle Cruise with Emily Blunt, another film based on a theme park ride. But he recommends Antebellum, a dark film about racism now available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
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James Cameron-Wilson

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Zoom adds apps, Amazon's funniest reviews & new battery tech

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Zoom adds apps, Amazon's funniest reviews & new battery tech
Tech whizz Steve Caplin looks at the apps Zoom has added to its package but is a little worried about data implications. He discusses several advances in battery technology, with rust powering one new process. There's a new electric bike with an illegal top speed, Ordnance Survey's first game to encourage people to get out, the bullying of children called Alexa and some of the funniest tongue-in-cheek reviews on Amazon, including for uranium ore.
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Steve Caplin

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The Bigger Picture: Buying political access, an end to cheap foreign travel & NHS falling in health rankings

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The Bigger Picture: Buying political access, an end to cheap foreign travel & NHS falling in health rankings
Political commentator Mike Indian considers the issue of funding and access in politics and asks if there's a better system. With changes to the traffic light system and today's testing requirements, he wonders if foreign travel will once more become a privilege of the wealthy. He examines why the NHS has fallen down the international health rankings. And he welcomes one bit of good news, that musicians can once more tour Europe.
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Mike Indian

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Gadgets & Gizmos: When is an astronaut not an astronaut, Olympic Tinder dates & the Mini Moke is back

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Gadgets & Gizmos: When is an astronaut not an astronaut, Olympic Tinder dates & the Mini Moke is back
Steve Caplin feels (slightly) sorry for Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, told just after their flights that they don't qualify to be astronauts. He reflects on those changing their Tinder location to Tokyo in the hope of dating an Olympic athlete. He also discusses the e-motorbike that will follow you around, a way to get your exercise bike to tilt on imaginary hills, how to experience the Great Barrier Reef while staying at home, a Covid mask with a speaker, making fake reviews illegal, a physical stock ticker, the return of the Mini Moke and a way of arranging camping in people's gardens.
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Steve Caplin

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The Business of Film: Old, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions & Blood Red Sky

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Old, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions & Blood Red Sky
James Cameron-Wilson reports that UK box office is not only up 8.9% week on week but 1,832% year on year! Despite its potential for a great story, he was underwhelmed by M. Night Shayamalan's Old with Gael Garcia Bernal and Rufus Sewell, in at #4. Nor was he convinced by Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, #7 in the chart. He did, however, find himself on the edge of his seat in Blood Red Sky on Netflix , finding it nerve-shredding. He also reflects on the joy of finding laughter in a film that is 100 year old.
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James Cameron-Wilson

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