Blogs in January 2019

Live a Little 2nd January 2019

A wickedly observed novel about falling in love at the end of your life, by the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything – including her own children....

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Shadowplay 2nd January 2019

1878- The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading...

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Machines Like Me 2nd January 2019

Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Machines...

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Dream Sequence 2nd January 2019

Henry Banks, a brilliant but narcissistic young actor, is prepared to go to any length for a role, to capitalise on his successes in television drama by securing the lead in the latest film by a celebrated Spanish director....

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Christmas at the Beach Hut 22nd December 2018

Especially Lizzy Kingham. But this year, she is feeling unloved and underappreciated by her family. The present-buying, decorating and food shopping have all been left to her. So she wonders . . . what would happen if she ran...

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