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Initial release April 28, 2005
Directors Derek Yee
Screenplay Derek Yee
Chun Tin Nam
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2 Young is a 2005 Hong Kong romantic comedy-drama film directed by Derek Yee. The film was released in Mainland China on 15 April 2005 and in Hong Kong on 28 April 2005. The literal translation of, is "early maturity" and the English title, 2 Young, is a pun on the words "too young".

Climate protesters glue themselves to John Constable masterpiece

Jul 5,2022 4:35 am

Climate protesters have attached their own " apocalyptic vision of the future" to a John Constable masterpiece in the National Gallery .

Two activists from Just Stop Oil (JSO) stepped over The Rope barrier in front of the Hay Wain oil painting before attaching their own version.

Then they glued themselves to its frame, National Gallery (NG) said.

Art lovers, tourists and 11-year-old schoolchildren were among those ushered out of The Room .

The Met Police were called at about 14:25 BST.

The Force said Two People have been arrested and officers remain at The Scene .

A gallery spokeswoman could not confirm whether The Painting was protected by glass, or whether the protesters had stuck their picture straight onto the canvas.

She Said : " The Work has been taken off The Wall and is now being examined by our conservators. "

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The protesters, A Man and A Woman wearing white T-shirts with the slogan Just Stop Oil, each placed a hand on The Frame of The Painting and kneeled beneath it before loudly stating their concerns as visitors were directed out by security staff, NG said.

They were later named by JSO as music student Eben Lazarus, 22, and psychology student Hannah Hunt , 23, both of Brighton.

Painted in 1821, in the Suffolk countryside. It is one of The Most popular paintings in the National Gallery .

JSO said they had attached an " apocalyptic vision of the future" that depicts " the climate collapse and what it will do to this landscape".

'Road to disaster'

The colour printout shows double yellow lines and pollution.

Mr Lazarus, who described himself as an art lover, said: " Art is important, it should be held for Future Generations to see, but when there is no food what use is art?

" When there is no water, what use is art? When billions of people are in pain and suffering, what use then is art?

" We have stuck a reimagined version of the Hay Wain that demonstrates our road to disaster. "

Earlier This Week JSO allegedly targeted a Scottish Art Gallery and stormed Sunday's British Grand Prix .

A 19th-century landscape by Horatio Mcculloch called My Heart's In The Highlands was The Target of five JSO members, who are also alleged to have sprayed The Group 's logo on The Walls and floor of Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

And a track invasion during the opening lap of The Race at Silverstone saw five men, aged between 21 and 46, and Two Women , 20 and 44, arrested.

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