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Jim marvels at the letters between JM Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson and wonders if he really is related to Barrie, like his mother said.

Hotels and attractions in the Bridport area are among the businesses up for prestigious tourism awards. An awards showcase celebrating the best of the best in the local tourism industry has announced the finalists – at an unprecedented time for the sector. Its been a year like no other for tourism businesses with some struggling to stay afloat amid the pandemic. So news that businesses from west Dorset have made the shortlist of the 2020 Dorset Tourism Awards will come as a very welco...

26 celebrities who went to school in Surrey You may be surprised to see some of the faces below From left to right - Tom Hardy, Tom Felton and Bill Nighy all went to school in Surrey (Image: Getty Images) Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other rel...

John Taylor obituary John Taylor worked as an upholsterer, gardener, factory worker and maintenance engineer, doing all he could to provide for his family John Taylor worked as an upholsterer, gardener, factory worker and maintenance engineer, doing all he could to provide for his family ElaineTaylor Fri 15 Jan 2021 13.18 EST Last modified on Fri 15 Jan 2021 13.21 EST My Dad, John Taylor, who has died aged 90, was a quietly devoted family man and a loyal husband. Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshi...

Set on the eve of World War II in idyllic Suffolk, it opens with expert excavator Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) arriving via bicycle at wealthy widow Edith Pretty’s (Carey Mulligan) estate. Although he comes with a reputation for being unorthodox, difficult and untrained, she is keen to complete her long-held dream of having the mysterious mounds on her property thoroughly examined before Britain is drawn into battle against Hitler’s mounting forces. With Ipswich Museum focused on their own ...

Julie Christie has the kind of face you find on the covers of romance novels, and surely one of the reasons she was cast in "Dr. Zhivago" was that she would look so good on the poster. She projects the wounded perfection of a great beauty who has had the wrong sort of luck. In "Afterglow," only her third role in the 1990s, Alan Rudolph has given her the sort of character she knows inside out: bemused, sad, needful, mysterious. She plays Phyllis Mann, a former B-movie actress specializing in hor...

Artist Jolyon Fenwick launches Virus Classics, Penguin books reimagined for age of Covid Jolyon Fenwick (1971-), Virus Classics (2020) Covers Sculpture (detail). Sculpture of 21 volumes. Edition of the 30. Signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Framed in tulip wood with museum glass, 73.5cm x 104.5cm in the frame. LONDON .- ‘Virus Classics’, a collection of sculptures and prints, is a sharply humorous response to the current state of affairs by artist, photographer and historian Jolyon Fen...

>> Kyle Buchanan, The New York Times Published: 27 Dec 2020 10:18 AM BdST Updated: 27 Dec 2020 10:18 AM BdST The actress Carey Mulligan in London, Nov 29, 2020. Mulligan delivered the performance of her career in the dark comedy “Promising Young Woman” — then came those with their tired views of women. (Danny Kasirye/The New York Times) Not every Carey Mulligan movie begins with a Charli XCX song, but maybe more of them should. When “Promising Young Woman” deploys the 2017 pop bop �...

Design inspiration: the best projects from December Light-up machines that connect loved ones and a shadowy identity for a Bauhaus master are some of our favourite projects from the month. December 21, 2020 6:06 pm Feed identity, from DutchScot London-based design studio DutchScot has created a typographic identity for social media and content creation agency Feed. “Their spirit is young and vibrant but it’s backed up by expertise,” studio partner Alex Swatridge tells Design Week. The l...

Suffragette (M, 106mins) Directed by Sarah Gavron ★★★★ The Glasshouse Laundry is all Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan) has ever known. Shes devoted 17 of the 24 years of her life so far to that business – and given it her body and soul. Her reputation for being good at collars helped her go far in the East End laundry, but then so did the unwanted attention lavished on her by her boss. But still, despite the steamy, insanitary conditions, leg ulcers, headaches and chest coughs, shes ...