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By Carlos Alba There was something about my father-in-law’s behaviour that I could never quite put my finger on. From my first meeting with him, there was an uncertainty to our respective roles. I’d been in the company of previous girlfriends’ fathers and there was always an obvious power imbalance in favour of the older men. They usually took the lead in conversation, asked me questions and, if I seemed nervous, tried to put me at ease. Andrew was silent and reticent and, while ini...

Share Being on Line Of Duty was like being on a James Bond set. It was wicked being in the dramatic scenes like the car chase and the lake. Tommy explained that he did also have a stunt double for the lake scenes but that it was like being in Antartica in the freezing cold water. Action: In the latest season, the Terry Boyle actor has starred in several key moments including a very dramatic scene which saw him crash into a lake (pictured with Kate Fleming played by Vicky McClure) He added tha...

By WGCU Public Media He’d been separated from his parents. He was living in a refugee camp in Sudan. And then a snake bit him. Arts. May 11, 2020 By WGCU Staff Conductor, composer, arranger and musical visionary Steven Hackman returns to the Southwest Florida Symphony for the third consecutive year to lead the orchestra in a performance of his “ Mashupalooza: A Stereo Hideout Production .” Hackman is best known for his innovative works of classical-pop fu...

Date Time Reading fiction can change your life The power of reading fiction has been scientifically proven. Art can change your perception of yourself and others. Reading fiction can have an impact on creativity, language awareness and empathy. Photo: Callum Shaw/Unsplash. Have you ever experienced that reading a book can change your perception of someone you know? Or that it leads you to see your own experiences in a different light? Whether this sounds familiar or not, the po...

The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo (9+) Marie Gibson,  Truly one of this gifted writer’s best works, The Butterfly Lion is about the friendship that develops between a young boy and an African white lion. It encompasses the themes of friendship, loyalty and bravery and traverses the globe, from a boarding school in Wiltshire to the velds of South Africa and France during the First World War. Best enjoyed by nine to 11-year- old readers, it has been described as heartwarming and bitter-...

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. ‘Extraordinary’ play in store for Sterling High audiences STERLING — One of the world’s most honored plays of this century will take the Sterling High School Theatre stage as “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is brought to life Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 25-27. Winner of b...

Join us in Zoom for Teen Book Club the first Saturday of every month!  To register for the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkfuitqTIvGNNzVmWjLsqb9POrqxNOgTVQ You will only need to register once for all future Teen Book Club meetings. An email with the Zoom link will be sent automatically.   April 3rd: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by […]

Extraordinary play in store for Sterling High audiences The Hutchinson News One of the world’s most honored plays of this century will take the Sterling High School Theatre stage as "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is brought to life Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 25, 26 and 27. Winner of both the Tony and the Olivier Award for best play, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" brings Mark Haddon’s internationally best-selling novel to thrilling life o...

George Orwell’s political fable  Animal Farm has been voted the nation’s favourite ever school book in research commissioned for World Book Day.   The study, conducted by Oxford Home Schooling, asked 2,000 UK adults which books they most enjoyed reading when at school.  Animal Farm was selected by 25% of respondents.  The novella was followed in the rankings by Charles Dickens’  A Christmas Carol (21%) and John Steinbeck’s  Of Mice and Men (19%).  Harper Lee’s  To Kill A Mo...

BBC News By Neil Smith image copyrightGetty Images image captionLuke Treadaway starred in the original production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The National Theatre has said uncertainty over obtaining visas and work permits in mainland Europe has led it to shelve plans to tour there. "We are currently not able to confirm any touring commitments in Europe as a result of Brexit legislation," it said. UK actors, musicians and crews cant work freely across the continent follo...