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BOOK VERSUS FILM: Twilight – Which Version Is Best?

On 26th October 2020 ·
By Lucy Hay ·
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Twilight In The Garden of Good And Evil? Is there any franchise as harshly and consistently maligned as Twilight? Fifteen years on from the first book, protagonist Bella is still lambasted as ‘lame’ and a ‘poor role model‘, whereas the Cullens are ‘stupid sparkly vampires’. In addition, various other interpretations insist Twilight is an advertisement for the Mormon…

BOOK Love – 5 Reasons To Love Riddley Walker by Phil Williams

On 20th November 2016 ·
By Lucy Hay ·
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Riddley Walker finds an iron-age civilisation rebuilding a world ravaged by nuclear war, with the titular hero scavenging technology from a forgotten time. Confused interpretations of the past give the new world its superstitions, religion and a great threat in the form of an ancient weapon. Outcast from his community, Riddley must single-handedly take on…