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For some, being stuck indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic could feel like holing up from a zombie apocalypse. Clare Higgins, communications manager of seARTS in Gloucester, certainly understands. That’s why she’s hoping to bring her musical adaptation of George Romero’s … Continued
The UK is currently on lockdown, with holidays and breaks banned for the time being. But that doesn’t mean we can’t start planning our next vacation for when all this is over. And if you’re a film fan, this giant … Continued
Gianfranco Rosi’s critically acclaimed portrait of the aftermath of war is Italy’s official entry to the 93rd Academy Awards. Source: https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/notturno-trailer-middle-east-documentary-1234608118/
Club Historian John Hutchinson’s Links With The Past series continues with a look at an unusual artefact from the 1949 FA Cup Final. Source: https://www.lcfc.com/news/1965615/links-with-the-past-1949-fa-cup-final-pocket-cinema
Mick Bolton, a keyboardist who played with Mott the Hoople and Dexys Midnight Runners, among others, died overnight, on January 1, 2021, in his sleep. The news was reported on various social media sites on New Year’s Day, including a … Continued
The dates on the 1937 calendar conform perfectly to those for 2021 – but what was happening in our region and in the wider world back then? Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/back-future-how-2021-calendar-19533616
Movie theater chain AMC is hoping to raise $125 million in fresh capital to stave off bankruptcy by selling 50 million shares in a new funding round, the company said Wednesday. The largest cinema chain in the world raised $104 … Continued
It was New Year’s Day, 1971, and wintry conditions across the region created an instant playground for youngsters like these in Benwell, Newcastle. Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/newcastles-west-end-winter-wonderland-19543593
Anyone having a tipple in one of these Wetherspoon pubs might want to pause, have a closer look at their surroundings and ponder its heritage – if they’re sober enough. One drinking hole, in Glasgow, used to be a bank … Continued
A Stafford student has launched a campaign to save a much-loved former cinema. Jack Pearce, 20, has started the “Save our Sandonia” campaign to protect the Sandonia building in Sandon Road, Stafford. It was once the home of a cinema … Continued