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In August 1941, Joseph Jakobs became the last person to have what happen to him?

The answer you seek is at the end of this email!

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Phil DeSemlyen

Film editor

@PhildeSemlyen

Midnight Mass

The creator of ‘The Haunting of Hill House’, Mike Flanagan is an expert in building creepy dread and jump shocks that will bounce you clean off your sofa and halfway to the kitchen. His latest, a seven-part series now on Netflix, is set on a spooky island beset by religious mania and strange goings-on. It's like ‘Lost’ meets ‘The Crucible’. Netflix.

The Green Knight

This trippy fable is much better on the big screen, where its super-eerie Middle Ages vibes will curdle your very blood. If that isn't an option, Amazon Prime has you covered. Dev Patel is magnetic as a young Arthurian knight who sticks his head on the line (literally) in a wager with the monstrous Green Knight – forgetting the age-old gambling adage: When the fun stoppeth, stop. Amazon Prime.

The North Water

Roll up for five episodes of bleak, brutal and superbly crafted whaling thriller starring Stephen Graham, Colin Farrell, Jack O’Connell at least one disgruntled whale. If you liked the BBC's 'The Terror' earlier this year, you'll know loosely what to expect: endless arctic ice, bursts of bloody violence and a cast of top actors with increasingly scraggly beards. BBC iPlayer.

A first look at Salt Bae’s incredibly spenny London restaurant  

There’s something about Nusret Gökçe, isn’t there? Something compelling. The man who rose to prominence by seasoning steak in an unorthodox fashion has finally opened his first London eatery in shiny Knightsbridge. What’s it like? In a word: expensive! Here’s what its first customers are saying about it.

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London news you can use

The reason why it’s so damn hard to get an Uber right now

Iconic chain Popeyes is opening its first-ever London restaurant

Feeling crappy? The ‘worst cold ever’ is currently ripping through London

The best events from the imminent

(month-long) London Cocktail Week

London for less

Save on tickets to ‘The Memory of Water’ at Hampstead Theatre

From £15

Save big on tickets to ‘Cock’ at the Ambassadors Theatre

From £24

Feelgood links to ease the pain

Fantastic photos of Portobello Road way back in 1968

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The new Crossrail bridge at Canary Wharf is a real eye-scorcher

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A video guide to London accents, from the fourteenth century to now 

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Treat yourself to a four-hour Four Tet set, recorded last month at Lost Village Festival 

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