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Guardian comes to iPad
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iPad users can now download the Guardian’s new app for Apple’s bestselling tablet. Available free for a limited time, the app will support Apple’s subscription service with a monthly cost of £9.99. Features include offline reading for all articles and pictures, the ability to share stories via Facebook, Twitter and email and access to related…
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The Somnambulists
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Richard Jobson’s The Somnambulists is for the most part powerful and moving insight into the experiences of British military personnel serving in Iraq. The film uses a succession of testimonies told against a black backdrop to tell the stark realities of life on the front line of a war many back home don’t support. The writing…
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Sky’s Mount Pleasant to return for second series
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Sky has announced the recommission of its comedy drama Mount Pleasant. Set in Manchester, the series follows the work and personal lives of Lisa (Sally Lindsay) and Dan (Daniel Ryan), their friends and families. The first run attracted audiences of around 1.3m and was Sky One’s first comedy drama commission. Head of comedy Lucy Lumsden…
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Filming underway for Shameless series 9
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Filming is underway on the ninth series of Shameless, Channel 4’s comedic look at the lives of the UK’s underclass. The new 22-part series, which airs in the New Year on Channel 4, starts with a multi agency swoop on the Chatsworth Estate, when ruthless project consultant Carmen Kenaway (Morwenna Banks) and her toxic side…
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WHSmith moves ebook operation to Kobo
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Book retailer WHSmith has announced it is migrating its entire ebook operation to Canadian-based Kobo. In an email to customers, the high street and online retailer said while customers can continue to search and browse for eBooks at WHSmith.co.uk “when you have found an eBook you will click through to Kobo’s website to complete your…
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Weekend – review
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Andrew Haigh’s Weekend is the story of two gay men who spend a weekend together after a drunken tryst. Waking up after what they expect to be a one-night stand, Russell (Tom Cullen) and Glen (Chris New) discover they have a much deeper connection. Over the course of the titular weekend, they discuss their lives,…