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Need more of Lyra and Will after 'His Dark Materials'? Here's how to read their story – and much more from the mind of Philip Pullman.

"His Dark Materials" is coming to its conclusion with its third season, but there is one way in which the show could return with its current cast.

Michael Sheen gives a richly textured performance as he brings Lyra Belacqua’s magical world to life

The musical, directed by Rebecca Frecknall, won three awards, the highest tally of the evening.

The Harry Potter star, 34, looked suave as he posed up a storm at the ceremony held at the Ham Yard Hotel in London on Sunday night.

Those unfamiliar with the books may be lost at first but, when the story of the imperilled infant Lyra gets going, it is easy to be swept up in her journey. Among those who must protect her from falling into the clutches of the ecclesiastical despots of the Magisterium are robust tavern potboy Malcolm Polstead […]

The stage magic is both ingenious and beguiling. Theatre review by Rachel Halliburton

Nicholas Hytner's new Philip Pullman adaptation at the Bridge Theatre has penty going for it but currently feels like a Christmas curio

The story is set in the same universe(s) as His Dark Materials

IN the quiet study of a country cottage near Oxford celebrated author Philip Pullman continues to pen the ethereal adventures of Lyra Belacqua. The writer of the acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy likes nothing better than creating his latest chapter, first written out in longhand before it is revised and polished for the eyes of his friend and publisher David Fickling. "The re-working is the process I enjoy most," the author confided. "Its like woodwork - you cut the wood, shape it a...