.:: Welcome to INQ Onlne ::.
Press | Contact Us | Advertise & Sponsor

To receive INQ updates fill in your details below.
Latest News: Popeye the failure man
You are in: Homepage

INQ nights out...

INQonline

:: Latest INQ News and Events ::
  • Click to enlarge

    Popeye the failure man: free exhibit


    Ever wondered why Olive was so skinny and why Popeye only ever ate tinned spinach? Was it because it this is what people did in ‘those days’ or was it just hard times?
    Find out more
    In this exhibit, American pop artist Jeff Koons revisits a much-loved comicstrip character, Popeye, in his first major London exhibition. Some of the sculptures and paintings by Jeff Koons have never been exhibited in public before, and some are from private collections. His Popeye exhibition is a mix of the surreal and everyday and, while it may seem wacky, its central theme is fitting for these cash-strapped times. The Jeff Koons exhibition is free for all at the Serpentine Gallery and is open till September 2009.
    Minimise | Go to Art & Culture | View website
  • Primark effectClick to enlarge

    ‘Primark effect' prompts government drive to cut clothes sent to landfill


    The devil wears Primark - Shopaholics are being urged to take cast-offs to charity shops in a Government drive to reduce the so-called ‘Primark effect’, which has seen the amount of unwanted clothes being dumped in landfill soar by 30 per cent.
    Find out more
    The trend for cheap ‘throwaway’ fashion means textiles are the fastest growing sector in household waste. Every year consumers in the UK buy two million tonnes of clothes of which 1.2m tonnes ends up in landfill. Just 300,000 is reused or recycled while the rest ends up in the back of the national wardrobe.

    A recent investigation by MPs found the proportion of textile waste dumped at one council site had risen from seven per cent to 30 per cent in due to the ‘Primark effect’.
    To read more about click on the web link below.
    Minimise | Go to Fashion page | View website
  • Click to enlarge

    World news in visuals


    Cant be bothered to read anything but still want to catch up with world news? The online version of The Independent newspaper has an extensive photo gallery displaying the past seven days in photographs from around the world.
    Find out more
    A must for all those who have simply had enough of reading….
    Minimise | View website
  • Click to enlarge

    Che Guevara - compare and contrast


    The recent films depicting the latter stages of Che’s life were met with very mixed reviews – most of them on the bad side. It forms a stark contrast to what we remember from the subtitled Motorcycle Diaries from 2004.
    Find out more
    This begs a few questions – is crucifying of the newer accounts a result of the earlier film being inspired by South Americans – from crew to cast – and the other being a ‘U.S. led cinematic invasion’ into the life and times of the revolutionary? Or is it merely that we are still not ready to glorify such characters en masse – one shows compassion of a young soul in the beginning while the other shows his evolution into a Fidel-friendly tyrant. You make your own mind up.
    Minimise | Go to Film page | View website 1 | View website 2
  • Click to enlarge

    Prisoners of dance


    Where in the world can you find “dancing inmates”? Only in the Philippines , or more specifically only in Cebu...
    Find out more
    Where in the world can you find “dancing inmates”? Only in the Philippines , or more specifically only in Cebu . The whole concept of discipline and dancing as methods of rehabilitation has never been in the books. It deviates and does not conform to the principles of jail management and penology. But a son of a political scion transcended from his political and landlord roots to do “the very least for his brethren" – turn dregs into human beings.
    Minimise | Go to Music page | View website
  • Click to enlarge

    Statistically, the safest way to travel


    INQ’s purpose is not to scaremonger, it is to entercate... It is a little shocking, however, to see the quantity and variety of planes falling from the sky in recent months. What does it all mean?
    Find out more
    Some are shouting sun-flares and other cosmic activity. But perhaps the skies are way too full and planet earth is just trying to tell us something. Either way we probably need to re-think our very idea of global travelling methods. The statistics are alarming...
    Minimise | Go to Travel page | View website
  • Click to enlarge

    Tour de illegal force


    The flagship event of the cycling world is often tarnished with failed doping tests and unproven accusations. Cycling is a very demanding sport that sees immense pressure put on those that choose to tackle the intense routes on the world circuits.
    Find out more
    Funny thing is – all this bother aint nothing new at all. Use of illegal substances has been rife for over 100 years and you’d be surprised at the extents riders will go to get to wear a flimsy piece of yellow material. Surprisingly, four of the course winners even committed suicide after their triumphs – makes you wonder just how much foul play is afoot.
    Minimise | Go to Sport page |View website