The Cutting Room: Zombie Prom

  • June 11, 2015

  • 2 mins to read

A musical-comedy homage to the musicals and films of the 1950s, Zombie Prom tells the story of a forbidden romance between the rebellious bad boy Jonny and the good girl Toffee. After falling into a nuclear reactor, Jonny returns to his love as a zombie. Why we’re looking forward to this: If the prospect of …

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Tales from The Word Mine: What Do We Tell the Children?

  • June 10, 2015

  • 4 mins to read

Stories for children have been very much on my mind of late, especially as I’ve been trying to introduce our eldest daughter – Maia, 4 years old – to more complex works of children’s literature. She was very happy to sit through readings of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, probably because she’s already seen the …

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Look Out For… Finders Keepers by Stephen King and A Headful Of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

  • June 9, 2015

  • 6 mins to read

Look Out For… … Finders Keepers by Stephen King “A taut and masterful thriller.” ‘Wake up, genius.’ So begins King’s instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not …

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A Taste of Hannibal Season 3 From Exclusive Cinema Event

  • June 8, 2015

  • 3 mins to read

London ‘Fannibals’ enjoy a tantalising taste of Season 3 at edible cinema exclusive. “Season Two certainly left us with lots to chew on,” quips Sky Executive Julia Barry as tonight’s honoured guests set about gorging their way through an extravagant feast of quivering cucumber jelly, succulent cuts of beef tartare, candied ‘long pig’ crackling and …

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