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The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith review: fair-minded and terrific

A book about children’s books is, of course, one for the grown-ups, but it is a subject that holds us long after we’ve joined the readers-aloud rather than the read-to classes. CS Lewis, who was perceptive about the allure of children’s books (he would be, wouldn’t he), observed that he…

Evening Standard

‘You need to think of history like a sausage’: Rodney Hall devours one momentous year in his new novel

At 88, the two-time winner of the Miles Franklin award has captured the grand geopolitical tangle of 1954 in his ambitious 14th novel, Vortex

The Guardian - AU

In brief: CS Lewis’s Oxford; True Love; Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story – review

A fascinating study of CS Lewis’s years in his adopted city; an excellent gritty romance by Paddy Crewe; and James Blunt enters the music memoir hall of fame

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Wild ting: why a chattel house now sits on a manicured Scottish lawn

Two years in the making, and drawing on themes of healing, the slave trade and even Vikings, the latest show by Alberta Whittle, who represented Scotland at Venice, has taken over a grand mansion on a holiday isle

The Guardian - UK

Freud’s Last Session review – what-if meeting of minds with Anthony Hopkins as the master analyst

Hopkins’ Sigmund Freud locks horns with Matthew Goode’s CS Lewis in an imaginary encounter that is watchable but not terribly profound

The Guardian - UK

CS Lewis should have tried self-reflection

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‘Loud-mouthed bully’: CS Lewis satirised Oxford peer in secret poems

Exclusive: Chronicles of Narnia author detested HC Wyld so intensely he wrote mocking verse in a copy of his own book

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Best books about British history to read in 2024

From ancient Londinium to the complex legacy of Imperialism, read of what lies beneath the surface of our modern existence

Evening Standard

7 new movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, and more this weekend (April 19)

From returning sci-fi franchises to star-studded true crime dramas, there’s plenty to watch this weekend.

TechRadar

‘This idle prig’: the truth about CS Lewis and John Betjeman’s long-lasting feud

At Oxford, Lewis complained repeatedly in his diary about his student Betjeman’s attitude to work. A newly discovered letter throws light on their mutual antipathy

The Guardian - UK

10 walks through history: ancient UK pathways in stunning countryside

From the John Bunyan trail to Silbury Hill, these short “pilgrimages” offer a chance to soak up myths and legends

The Guardian - UK

William Moseley Excited For Greta Gerwig's Narnia Adaptation On Netflix

Excitement builds for Netflix's modern adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia, led by director Greta Gerwig. William Moseley endorses the project, signalin...

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Teaching Constitutional Law in a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy

The real crisis seems to be in academia, not at the Court

Reason

Great new prog from No-Man, Sleepmakeswaves, Temic and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week

The week's coolest new prog music to check out from Exist Immortal, Slowshift, i Häxa and more...

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Cinemablend

Barbie’s Greta Gerwig Explains Why She’s In ‘Terror’ About Narnia Series For Netflix

Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig's next project will be a Chronicles of Narnia adaptation for Netflix, and the director is opening up about why she is terrified about approaching the source material.

The Independent UK

Movie Review: Anthony Hopkins shines in 'Freud's Last Session'

“Freud’s Last Session,” starring Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud, adds to a string of sterling late-chapter performances by the 86-year-old actor

The Guardian - US

‘Psychoanalysis has returned’: why 2023 brought a new Freud revival

A new film on the doctor is weak on the facts. But it marks a year in which we’ve turned to his theories to comprehend suffering – and to get treatment

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Tolkien and CS Lewis manuscripts among treasures made available to public in 2023

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

The Guardian - UK

Bridget Jones, Santaland Diaries and A Christmas Carol: 25 literary treats to read this December

From David Sedaris’s comic diaries to Maya Angelou’s poem Amazing Peace, count down to Christmas with our Advent calendar of festive reads

Inverse

Netflix’s Narnia Movies Could Break Expectations in One Surprising Way

Out of seven classic books, which will Netflix adapt first? A new report suggests Greta Gerwig's first Narnia movie might not be the one audiences expect.

Cinemablend

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.

The Guardian - UK

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?

WhatToWatch

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.

Reason

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.

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