Everlasting Man, The - A Hope For Home

Everlasting fabric?

Advantages: Quirky, amusing
Disadvantages: Not the best known Ealing comedy

Geeky Sidney Stratton gets a job in the local mill as a cover for what he is really doing - inventing a type of fabric that is everlasting. When he finally succeeds, he thinks he is made, and, with the help of the mill owner's daughter, manages to convince the man at the top that he has hit on something well worth investigating further. But then the unions realise that everlasting fabric would eventually put them out of business and try to stop Stratton's plans. Determined to fight back and see his product on the market, Stratton thinks of ways to carry on regardless. Will he finally be successful? And will he win the heart of the mill owner's daughter? Released in 1951 out of Ealing studios, this comedy is perhaps one of the least well-known Ealing comedies. Nevertheless, it is a quirky British comedy that has a lot of advantages; not ...

sunmeilan 30.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Man In The White Suit (DVD)

Hope and love?

Advantages: Well developed characters, interesting, compelling story
Disadvantages: A little graphic at times,

children he used to know. Because of the style of writing and the content, this book will not be suitable for anyone who is uncomfortable with sex and sexuality in their books, nor for teenage readers. I would, however, recommend it to anyone who likes to try something new, or who is not easily shocked. I didn't think I was going to enjoy this book from the first chapter, it was a little too graphic and sexual for me, but I persevered and was really glad that I did so as I found that the story and characters are good enough that the sex sinks into the background and now I'd happily reread it. Glen Duncan's writings to date are: Hope (1997) Love Remains (2000) I, Lucifer (2002) (the film rights have been sold to this) Weathercock (2003) Death of an Ordinary Man (2004) The Bloodstone Papers (2006) A Day And A Night And A Day (2009) ...

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Review of Hope - Glen Duncan

Begin to Hope

Advantages: Quirky, charming, emotive vocals, great songwriting
Disadvantages: None

Regina Spektor follows in a long line of kooky female singer songwriters - Kate Bush, Fiona Apple and Tori Amos to name but a few - and in my opinion when it comes to singer songwriters, the wackier the better. Begin to Hope is her third studio album and second major label release and should have been the album that catapulted her to worldwide fame. Although I'd be pushed to say it quite achieved that (after all, how many of you are reading this thinking "oh yes, Regina Spektor, I know her well") it did give her a more widespread following, with airplay on Radio Two and even a slot on Jonathan Ross's chatshow. Regina Spektor was born in Moscow but grew up in New York, and this cultural mix is reflected clearly in the eclectic mix of styles she employs. She has a strong background in classical piano which is a massive strength in her ...

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Review of Begin To Hope - Regina Spektor