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Welcome to our last reviews from Kemps in Malton before Christmas. There are so many wonderful titles around for the festive season – perfect for…

UK Global Screen Fund makes 18 further awards totalling almost £1 million to support independent UK film and screen content to achieve international success

The UK Film & TV Production Restart Scheme has also been extended by an additional six months to allow productions to go ahead. The extension will support around 400 productions and 34,000 jobs,

Published July 2, 2021 No statue is kind to its inspiration, this is a known fact. There is no statue in the world that does justice to the person it’s modelled off. Nobody is immune to this, not even the People’s Princess,  Diana Spencer, which we have learned today. To mark what would have been her 60th birthday, her sons  Prince Harry and  Prince William unveiled a statue of Princess Di at Kensington Palace, and… well look let’s just say they had a red-hot go at it. [Getty Images ...

Our critic chooses the best new children's books, from Roald Dahl's life lessons to the tale of a pooch at Buckingham Palace

Cambridge Literary Festival director Cathy Moore. - Credit: Martin Bond A special book festival designed for children will be entertaining youngsters online this Easter. Cambridge Literary Festival has got the Easter holidays covered, with a range of entertaining and educational events for all the family. Festival director Cathy Moore said: “For the first time we are running our children’s events as a stand-alone Children’s Festival over the whole of the Easter holidays. "The response w...

Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels Imogen Russell Williams The last children’s book roundup of the year boasts some tinglingly good titles and last-minute gifts, many with voyage themes to carry us onwards into 2021. For Whovians of nine-plus, Dave Rudden’s The Wintertime Paradox (BBC Children’s) is a gorgeous anthology of Christmas-themed stories with the unpredictable flair of the Tardis itself. Encompassing terrors from Plasmavores to ...