Eclipse glasses, pinhole projectors, or a colander - how to view the eclipse

Looking directly at the Sun can severely damage your eyes - even during an eclipse. Even using standard sunglasses could leave you with permanently damaged eyes, so you should only look with special eclipse glasses. The only time you can look without special glasses is for the brief period when the Sun is totally eclipsed by the Moon - which won't happen in the UK. And you cannot use binoculars or telescopes or the viewfinder of a camera even while wearing eclipse glasses - the magnifying effect