Guy Lodge Film Critic A total of 164 feature films will play at this year’s London Film Festival, alongside an abundance of shorts, TV series and an expanded program of XR (extended reality) works — and that’s in a comparatively slimmed-down era of curation for a public-facing festival that has long aimed to bring the best of the global festival circuit to non-traveling cinephiles. What has definitely grown is the LFF’s national reach: In what fest director Tricia Tuttle terms the festival’s “new normal” format after a few years of structural shifts and COVID-era adjustments, the capital-centered event will also be hosting screenings in 10 other cities around the U.K., from Manchester to Edinburgh to Belfast — sealing its status as the country’s preeminent film festival. A digital program of up to 20 titles will also be made available for online viewing, while short films and screen talks will be free to stream on the BFI Player platform: “It’s really important to us to get to those places we can’t reach with our venue partnerships,” says Tuttle, adding that their priority is “to give new audiences a taste of what the festival is like.”
How to get a bus or coach to London from Manchester for the Queen's funeral this weekend
15.09.2022 - 14:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
People from across the nation are hoping to travel down to London for the Queen's funeral on Monday (19 September).
With trains on the West Coast Mainline expected to be busy all weekend someone people may instead want to opt for a cheaper alternative and get a coach.
There are Megabus and National Express services running all weekend with passengers able to get to the capital from Manchester in five hours direct or seven or eight hours with changes.
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An overnight coach departs at 21:00 from Manchester Coach Station, on Chorlton Street on Sunday evening and arrives into London Victoria at 05:50. Victoria station is closer to Westminster Abbey, around a 15 minute walk.
The coach on Sunday afternoon will be a longer journey, with the average coach time clocking in at around 5 hours and 30 minutes. However, coach tickets are significantly cheaper, with the National Express service departing at 14:30 from Manchester Coach Station, on Chorlton Street on Sunday afternoon and arrives into London Victoria at 19:55, and tickets costing £34.90.
The cheapest coach tickets are £12.90, for the service departing at 13:00 and arriving at Victoria at 18:20. All services are expected to busy as people travel from all over the country to attend the funeral, so people should leave plenty of time for their journeys and expect potential delays on public transport when they arrive.
To see the latest coaches to London check the National Express or Megabus website.
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