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Imelda Staunton calls for ban on eating and drinking in theatres

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Harry Potter and Vera Drake actor also says people are overburdened with choice because there are too many TV channels

“I don’t know why people can’t engage in just one thing. I don’t understand this obsession with having to eat or drink something at every moment of the day,” she said.

The multi-award-winning actor said she even goes so far as to avoid eating when watching television at home. “I don’t do TV dinners. There might, at one point in the evening, be a very small, very naughty bowl of ice cream. But that’s not noisy.”

Staunton was scathing about the quality of television. “I don’t want American television here. It’s channel after channel after channel, and that dilutes things. It’s like going to a big supermarket and being overwhelmed by the choice of biscuits.” [ . . . ] Read more in The Guardian: Imelda Staunton calls for ban on eating and drinking in theatres | Culture | The Guardian

Mystery of London’s killer fog in 1952 revealed in new analysis

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• The deadly 1952 event is thought to have caused more than 12,000 deaths
• It’s known that coal burning was to blame, but processes were a mystery
• Study has now found that sulfuric acid particles mixed with natural fog
• This diluted the particles and created an acidic haze that covered the city

In 1952, a mysterious fog swept through London, blanketing the city in a dense layer of pollutants that killed thousands of people and animals and made it difficult to breathe for days.

While the exact cause has long remained unknown, an international team of researchers now says its solved the mystery – and the same air chemistry can be seen today in China and other areas. […]

Source: Mystery of London’s killer fog in 1952 revealed in new analysis | Daily Mail Online