Tag: J.R.R.Tolkien
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Love London Love Culture’s Book Picks for 2021
Here’s a guide to some of the books that we can all look forward to reading when they are published this year…. Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd- Robinson: following on from Blood & Sugar, this is a new murder mystery from the author set in Georgian London. The story is centred on the murder […]
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Love London Love Culture’s Favourite Book to Film Adaptations
Love London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon selects some of her favourite book to film adaptations… Sense and Sensibility: this surprisingly faithful adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved story was transformed into a film with the help of Emma Thompson’s screenplay for which she went on to win an Oscar for. The film retains the spirit and […]
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REVIEW: Tolkien
This biopic based on the early life of acclaimed author J.R.R. Tolkien is fascinating when it concentrates on the author’s fascination with language but it feels a stretch too far to make his ideas with regards to Lord of the Rings coming from his experiences of World War One. Filled with vivid imagery and intelligent […]
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Books That Every Child Should Read
In an interesting article found on the BBC website, a poll that has recently been taken involving 1,000 adults has revealed that J.K. Rowling’s popular series is the books they would encourage every child to read. Here’s a few books that Love London Love Culture would recommend every child to read (no particular order!) 1. […]