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Pullman’s Fairy Tale Is Inspired By Spleen
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ BY PHILIP PULLMAN CANONGATE, £14.99 B efore taking Philip Pullman’s new book to task I should make one thing absolutely clear. I have......
The Marriage Of Figaro
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, UNTIL JULY 3 David McVicar’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro ( The Marriage of Figaro ) was first staged in 2006 as part of celebrations to mark the 250th......
The Time That Remains
12 CERT, 109 MINS Director Elia Suleiman describes himself, with just a hint of selfregard, as “an intellectual who happens to make movies”. The Time That Remains is inspired by......
All My Sons
APOLLO THEATRE One of the great plays of the 20th century: a modern Greek tragedy, modelled on Ibsen, and set in an American backyard. Premiered in New York in 1947 when it was......
Genius Of Britain
CHANNEL 4, 9PM, MAY 23 – 27 Channel 4 is, for five days running, celebrating the group of British geniuses who transformed the world in the late 18th century, with leading......
The Miracle Of St Ralph
REVOLVER, £7.99 This is a heartwarming film about a young man, an awkward adolescent on the cusp of manhood, trying to nurture his mother, who is in a coma, back to health.......
Alice In Wonderland
BUENA VISTA, £19.99 This fantastical re-imagining of Lewis Carroll’s classic has Alice, now 19, return to Wonderland, where she has to slay the Jabberwock. Mia Wasikowska plays......
Books In Brief
Amulet by Roberto Bolaño (Picador, £7.99) Some writers struggle to find acclaim in their lives only to be lauded and given prizes after their deaths. The recent case of Stieg......