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After Barbie Frenzy Dies Down, We Finally Have An Update On Greta Gerwig's Narnia Movies

Netflix executive gives an update regarding Barbie director Greta Gerwig's upcoming Narnia movie.

Cinemablend

Can Greta Gerwig bring a new kind of magic to Netflix’s Narnia Chronicles?

The Barbie film-maker is set to direct adaptations of at least two of CS Lewis’s fantasy novels for the streaming giant – will she do better than the last ones?

The Guardian - UK

Freud's Last Session: release date, cast, plot and everything we know about the Anthony Hopkins movie

Freud's Last Session sees Anthony Hopkins star as Sigmund Freud. Here is everything that you need to know about the movie.

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Recalling "Learning in Wartime" in Wartime

For many, this past weekend's terrorist attacks on people in Israel and the resulting war between Israel and Hamas raises profound questions about the role of the academy in wartime.

Reason

New 50p coin celebrates The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

The Royal Mint’s craftspeople have reproduced an original illustration of Mr Tumnus and Lucy walking through snowy woods in Narnia.

The Independent UK

30 best children’s books: From Alice in Wonderland to Matilda

The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention – as chosen by Philip Womack

The Independent UK

Existential crisis: how long COVID patients helped us understand what it’s like to lose your sense of identity and purpose in life

Lucy* used to be known fondly as the “iron lady” by colleagues at work. In her mid-50s and still the main breadwinner for her family, she had always thought of herself as strong, energetic, and indestructible – but not any more.

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Barbie’s Greta Gerwig Explains Why She’s So ‘Terrified’ Of Her Narnia Movie

Barbie director Greta Gerwig explained why she's so terrified to adapt The Chronicles of Narnia series for Netflix.

Cinemablend

Netflix is planning two new Narnia movies from Barbie's director and I can't wait

Barbie director Greta Gerwig is filming a very different dream house for her next two movies.

TechRadar

Anyone who’s lost a loved one knows the pressure to visit shrines to the past. But it doesn’t always help

Four years after my husband’s death, the question of where to locate my grief still isn’t easy to answer, says the writer Kat Lister

The Guardian - UK

The 100 greatest children’s books of all time, according to the BBC

Philip Pullman, CS Lewis and Roald Dahl feature in top 10

The Independent UK

BBC names 100 greatest children’s books of all time

Philip Pullman, CS Lewis and Roald Dahl feature in top 10

The Independent UK

Anthony Hopkins spotted filming movie about C.S Lewis and Sigmund Freud in Ireland

Matthew Goode who stars as the Northern Irish author has also been spotted filming in Ireland

Belfast Live

Anthony Hopkins seen as Sigmund Freud for the first time in new film with Downton star

Sir Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode have been pictured filming their new movie, Freud's Last Session, which sees the actors play Sigmund Freud and C.S Lewis

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The Independent UK

30 best children’s books: From Matilda to Alice in Wonderland

The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention – as chosen by Philip Womack

The Conversation

Oscars 2023: how Aftersun uses music to perfectly express grief

As author C.S. Lewis wrote in A Grief Observed (1961): “In grief nothing ‘stays put’.” For Lewis, grief is not a linear process, but recurrent, cyclical and never truly complete. “Everything repeats,” he writes. “Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral? But if…

The Independent UK

Britain’s top spots for pop culture pilgrimages ranked

Music, TV, and movie - loving Brits are planning holidays and city stays around modern cultural landmarks rather than heading abroad

Daily Mirror

Top UK tourist hotspots made famous by pop culture - including Abbey Road

Over half of Brits have travelled to somewhere in the UK just because it is linked to their favourite film, TV show, music, or literature

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James McAvoy denies being asked to star in Narnia reboot with expletive response

James McAvoy played man-goat hybrid Mr Tumnus in the first instalment of the adaptation of C.S. Lewis' novels - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - in 2005

The Independent UK

30 best children’s books: From Matilda to The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention – as chosen by Philip Womack

The Guardian - UK

Lenny Henry on his roaring 60s, writing for kids and facing Lord of the Rings trolls: ‘They sit in their pants, slagging off anything different’

His mother warned him not to overstretch; his partner tells him to be more choosy. But Lenny Henry (actor, comedian, campaigner, author, hobbit) just can’t help himself

Chicago Sun-Times

Book shows personal side of ‘Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee

The book is like sitting on a porch and hearing tales of Lee’s childhood and family in rural Alabama, her later life in New York and everything in between.

The Independent UK

Book shows personal side of 'Mockingbird' author Harper Lee

A new book shows the personal side of the late “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee

Belfast Live

Kilbroney Chronicles of Narnia experience set for major upgrade

"This will no doubt attract a wider tourism catchment to the Mournes that will benefit the local economy and the community."

Salon

Why racists love Tolkien & Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien constructed characters according to a hierarchy, making his work appealing to fascists

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