Expert reveals the kitchen utensil that will help you watch the solar eclipse safely

The UK is about to see its most spectacular solar eclipse for the next 54 years on Wednesday – and experts have suggested an unusual way of seeing it.A kitchen colander could be key to watching the event, they say. But there are plenty of more conventional ways to see it safely, too.More than 90 per cent of the Sun will be obscured by the Moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on August 12, marking the most substantial celestial alignment visible over British skies since the total eclipse of 1999. The maximum point of coverage is anticipated around 7.13pm.However, the Royal Greenwich Observatory has issued a stark warning to the public, emphasising that standard sunglasses offer insufficient protection for viewing the rare cosmic event.Imo Bell, a planetarium astronomer at the observatory, highlig