Demob Happy

The way we were
8/10
Dubbed the `Scorcese of the Midlands’, Shane Meadows is one of the UK’s brightest modern filmmaking talents. ‘This is England‘ continues a series of excellent films by the director set around working class Nottingham that often feature non-professional actors and a liberal use of improvisation. While belonging to a British cinematic tradition [...]

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Kingdom of heaven?
7/10
I have to say I’m surprised by some of the negative reviews of this book. Could it be perhaps the reviewers hadn’t read a Paul Theroux book before and didn’t know what to expect? UK fans of Theroux’s misanthropic, razor-sharp observations should have no qualms about the author turning his sights [...]

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