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Film Review: Song of the Sea
Pixar has a lot to answer for. Mainly in a good way, though.
Read the full story..Lights, Camera, Action! When Hollywood pays a visit
Where there’s muck there’s money. A film shoot was going on in our street and the crew paid us to let them squeeze the lavatory trailer onto our drive.
Read the full story..Review: The Hook, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Just a few days ago I was sitting in the Liverpool Small Cinema watching a film called Still the Enemy Within. Elegiac and accusatory, it’s the story of the 1984-85 miners’ strike from the perspective of the striking miners themselves.
Read the full story..The OU: the only truly open university
I remember watching Open University videos in school.
Read the full story..All the Fun of the Fair (and Tripey Ross)
Pigs sporting colourful neckerchiefs raced out of numbered stalls to reach a prize – an Oreo cookie. The crowd cheered for their favourites. Afterwards we were offered coupons for free bacon at a local supermarket chain. I declined.
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