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The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
I thought this was a great second instalment to the series of His Dark Materials. Reading it again recently having read La Belle Sauvage, I felt as though Pullman’s original story was highly dynamic and brilliant. The vast range of interconnected storylines and the lack of fear on Pullman’s part to upset his readers makes…
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La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Brilliant book. Really liked the new characters Malcolm and Alice, as is characteristic of Pullman a strong female character. Pullman has a habit of putting forward strong religious or ethical ideas in the form of storytelling, and this book is no different – albeit slightly darker than usual.In fact the darkness was the thing that…
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Brexit, greed, and the making of modern Britain
Lyndsey Turner drags the legend of St. George and the Dragon into the modern era There is more death in that kind of life and more life in that kind of death. That is the message of Saint George in reference to a life lived under the rule of the despotic dragon. On the face…
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Twelfth Night | A contrast between subtlety and aplomb
Twelfth Night is on at the National Theatre until 13th May Going into the National Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, I was expecting a slightly less-conventional production. I was not wrong. Director Simon Godwin is certainly not afraid to show us that this is a modern play from the off, with a flashy display…
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Macbeth | Breathing new life into Shakespeare
Macbeth was on at the National Theatre from the 6th – 20th February Shakespeare for schools is an attempt by director Justin Audibert to bring Shakespeare closer to a ‘younger audience’: school children, especially those who may have been disillusioned by endless GCSE English lessons analysing iambic pentameter, may not have had the chance to…
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Wish List | A harrowing portrait of zero-hours contracts
Joseph Quinn and Erin Doherty as Dean and Tamsin will enchant you If someone were to wander into the snug stage-room on the top floor of the Royal Court Theatre on Friday evening, if they were lucky enough to enter at the right moment, they might chance upon what appears to be an impromptu, karaoke…
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The Disappearing Plank
What I am about to tell you about is magic – REAL magic – that can be performed using mere mathematics. This is not a trick. It is reality. I will tell you how to make an object disappear instantly. This relies on the principle of a discontinuity. A discontinuity in mathematics is simply a…
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The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
** This review contains spoilers ** I thought this book was very funny at times, despite the sentiments of other reviewers. It must be because I haven’t read ‘The 100 Year Old Man’ yet. Perhaps that’s for the best, but if anything it makes me look forward to reading the aforementioned if only to find…
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How the Stock Market Works: A Beginner’s Guide to Investment by Michael Becket
I thought this was a great initial introduction to the strange world of stocks. All I really knew about stocks before I read this book was that they were sold by companies and you could buy or sell them, but in my head they were very abstract objects.Becket is very practical in the advice he…
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The Deep Blue Sea at The National
Helen McCrory thrives in this passionate revival of Rattigan’s masterpiece This is the frustrating, and tragic tale of a woman called Hester Collyer. She is, as the title of the play suggests, stuck between a newfound lover and her husband. The play is a strange but intriguing one which explores the difficult relationship the trio…
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