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  • More UK readers adopting eBooks but spending less

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    ut that lower prices for digital books means the overall value of UK book sales is shrinking. That revelation is just one finding from the latest Books & Consumers survey, an ongoing study of the habits of British book buyers by category experts at BML, a Bowker business. According to the survey, the 48 weeks…

  • Alex Horne kicks off new national tour in March

    Alex Horne kicks off new national tour in March

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    Comedian Alex Horne is bringing his new show, Seven Years in the Bathroom, to London’s Soho Theatre ahead of a nationwide tour. Horne has spent more than a decade building shows around niche subjects like bird watching, Latin, dictionaries and quantum mechanics including Making Fish Laugh which saw him nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer…

  • Tom Hanks – our pick of his top ten films

    Tom Hanks – our pick of his top ten films

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    Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, is in cinemas everywhere from 17th February. The film tells the story from inside the young mind of Oskar Schell, an inventive eleven year-old New Yorker. Oskar’s discovery of a key in his deceased father’s belongings sets him off on an urgent search across…

  • Sky 1 returns to The Cafe

    Sky 1 returns to The Cafe

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    Sky 1 HD has recommissioned The Cafe, the seaside sitcom written by Ralf Little and Michelle Terry. A new eight part run will air on 2013 with Craig Cash returning to directing duties. Announcing the show’s return, Lucy Lumsden, Head of Comedy at Sky commented: “Enchanting and unashamedly romantic, we are delighted to be bringing…

  • DVD release for Ken Russell’s The Devils

    DVD release for Ken Russell’s The Devils

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    Ken Russell’s The Devils makes its DVD debut on 19 March and is now available to pre-oder from the seenit.co.uk store. The classic movie is being released by the BFI in its original UK X certificate and the DVD will include a wealth of extra features and a 44-page illustrated booklet. The Devils is based…

  • Sky 1 confirms Touch air date

    Sky 1 confirms Touch air date

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    Kiefer Sutherland’s new supernatural drama Touch will air on Sky 1 and Sky 1 HD from March 13th.
  Sutherland plays Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, unable to connet with his mute son, Jake (David Mazou). Everything changes when Martin discovers Jake possesses the gift to predict future events using numbers instead of words.…