Daniel Broadley

Based on the plays of Shakespeare’s Henriad—Henry IV Parts I & II and Henry V—condensing such vast and dense texts into a single movie was always going to be a challenge. The result is Shakespeare for the modern age; the source texts edited and tweaked to the point of being reduced to mere plot-points, but with enough well-executed and bloody battle sequences to keep audiences interested.
This is arguably one of David Michôd’s most accomplished films yet (although it certainly doesn’t reach t...

Daniel Broadley
Following in the footsteps of one of cinema’s greatest ever filmmakers is one thing, but adapting a Stephen King followup novel to arguably the most iconic horror novel/movie of all time is a whole other challenge in itself.
A challenge, it seems, director Mike Flanagan has successfully taken on, with both the Kubrick estate and Stephen King himself giving their blessings over Doctor Sleep. Considering King has notoriously always despised Kubrick’s film version of The Shining,...

Somewhere in-between The Lord of the Flies and Apocalypse Now (1979) is where we find the adolescent madness of Monos, Alejandro Landes’ award-winning film about a group of teenage guerrilla soldiers in an anonymous Latin American conflict.
Inspired by the troubles of his native Colombia, Landes delivers a war film like no other. The group of eight teenage soldiers start off based on a cloud-covered mountain top above an Amazonian jungle, and are tasked by their minder (the ‘Messenger’, who w...

Undoubtedly one of the most heartwarming films of the year, The Peanut Butter Falcon is the embodiment of a feel-good film. After making waves at various film festivals, directors Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson’s debut feature film is now screening in cinemas across the UK.
At the centre of the narrative, set in the North Carolina Outer Banks, is the unlikely brotherly friendship that buds between Zak (a debuting Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down’s syndrome who’s dream is to run away ...

Written by Daniel Broadley
Photo credit to the photographers of Blue Dot
The Saturday at Blue Dot marked the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and mankind taking its first steps on the moon.
We marked the occasion by starting the day with a vegan katsu curry for breakfast, catching some incredible musical acts, and watching a special screening of Apollo 11, all under the shadow of the Lovell Telescope, which captured that historical event half a century ago.
A highlight of the day included Henge,...

Written by Daniel Broadley
Photo credit to the photographers of Blue Dot
You’ve got your boots on as it’s a bit muddy from the now past rain. You’ve a warm can of beer in hand, a questionably strong bottle of rum and coke in the bag, and you’re on your way to see some good music with some good people. Good vibes all round, as they say.
What more could you ask for from a music festival? All of the above, plus a massive telescope. That’s what.
Friday night was headlined by Hot Chip, who sounded...

By Daniel Broadley
Who said punk is dead? People have been repeating the mantra since 1978, but maybe it never died. Or, maybe it did and was reincarnated through an interstellar wormhole in the form of Hello Cosmos and their trippy new single ‘Frequency Fields’.
As part of the new seven-track EP Run For President which touched down earlier this month via Cosmic Glue Records, Hello Cosmos have produced something which you can simultaneously muse on via progressive lyrical commentary, vigorous...

Written by Daniel Broadley
Every summer, hundreds of thousands of Brits attend music festival’s across the country, each one showcasing their own unique sites, line ups and parties. No festival, however, is quite as unique as the Blue Dot Festival.
Aptly named after Carl Sagan’s famous book Pale Blue Dot, Blue Dot Festival has so much more to offer than your standard campsite and arena festival. With an interstellar line up accompanied by awe-inspiring talks underneath the mesmerising mega-st...

PSE’s Daniel Broadley reflects on the key messages to take away from this year’s National Social Value Conference, which took place on 20-21 November in Manchester.
If you’re born into the bottom 10% of society in terms of poverty, to reach average earnings it wouldn’t take six years, or even six decades, but six generations. Attendees at this year’s National Social Value Conference were in shock upon hearing this worrying figure from TUC North West’s Lynn Collins, but it did set up an import...

According to Mind, approximately one in four people experience a mental health problem in the UK each year. After attending a selection of mental health events at Confed18, NHE’s Daniel Broadley asks: why don’t we give mental health as much attention as physical health?
During his talk at Confed18, Paul Jenkins OBE, chief executive of Tavistock and Portman NHS FT, asked the packed auditorium to raise their hands if they had ever suffered mental health issues at work, or knew someone who had. ...

Michael King first joined the Local Government Ombudsman service back in 2004 as deputy ombudsman. At the start of 2017, he was appointed as the local government and social care ombudsman (LGSCO). Here, he talks to PSE’s Daniel Broadley to discuss ombudsman reform and the commitments set out in the LGO’s latest corporate strategy.
Right before Michael King was appointed to his current role, legislation had been drafted and shelved for the merging of the LGSCO with the Parliamentary and Health...

SPONSORED INTERVIEW
The public sector, and policing in particular, has often been criticised as being slow to adapt to change. But now, says Louise Fellows, O2’s new managing partner for Homes Affairs, things are changing. She sits down with PSE’s Daniel Broadley to discuss what her organisation is doing to support the UK’s police forces.
Louise Fellows has worked in telecoms for 27 years – 11 of those at O2, and seven with the public sector. It’s fair to say, with her plethora of expertise a...

Dunelm's (DNLM) shares enjoyed double-digit growth on the day the homeware retailer revealed improved sales during third quarter trading. Overall like-for-like sales grew by 4.6 per cent year on year, compared with a 2.2 per cent contraction during the prior year period. That was led by core online business, where sales grew by more than a third. Encouragingly, Dunelm's stores posted a 1.2 per cent rise in like-for-like sales, building on 3.5 per cent growth during the first half.
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Tesco triumph
Is Tesco boss 'drastic' Dave Lewis's overhaul of the grocery giant complete? The latest results would suggest it is getting close. A near-800 per cent leap in pre-tax profits to £1.3bn for the year to February signalled a welcome return to form for the retailer as it defied the wider gloom on the high street. The news also propelled its shares to their highest level since 2016 as investors welcomed the 3p-a-share payout – the first full-year dividend since 2014. Mr Lewis has dra...

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