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...The Lovely Dark by Matthew Fox (9-11 years, Hodder) Drawing on Greek myth, particularly the story of Orpheus, Fox’s second novel sees 12-year-old Ellie die in an accident and travel to the Underworld....
...RedBird IMI has done three deals so far, including buying into a children’s entertainment company formed to turn the stories of author Mo Willems (whose titles include Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus!...
...On July 15, Lasi was hunting pigeons with his father’s rifle, when he came across Vilte and Vera, who were drinking yerbeado, an alcoholic infusion of yerba mate. They invited him to join....
...Matthew Cobb, a professor of zoology at the University of Manchester, said the plans involve creating “a vaguely mammoth-ish elephant, or a vaguely dodo-ish pigeon”....
.... ★★★★☆ Lyceum Studio to August 28 Head Set Fringe regular Victoria Melody is one of life’s enthusiasts, known for hurling herself into the worlds of pigeon fancying or beauty pageants or funeral directing...
...Founded by indie developer Matthew Taylor in 2019 to spotlight “uplifting and thoughtful” games, the volunteer-run project now boasts 200,000 fans across various platforms....
...The Only Way Is Essex’s Gemma Collins, Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews and Jamie Laing, Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness, and Drag Race’s RuPaul are already old podcasting hands....
...Japan’s Pigeon and French aerospace company Safran are among global names due to report financial results....
...Reading about “Aladdin”, Uncle Matthew’s wartime larder stuffed with gastronomic delights, in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, made my stomach tingle....
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...“Many considered us tearaways,” writes Matthew. “Barbarians. Mostly they were right.”...
...Hordes of listeners will miss his unique observations on passing buses, pigeons and aircraft and his much-loved (by many listeners, though by no means all) impersonation of a bumbling upper-class twit....
...Rather like that aviator tying pigeons to his chair. matthew.vincent@ft.com...
...This was the team that for two glorious hours could have caught not just a cricket ball but pigeons, a passing swift or a flying pig. They were hot, hot, hot....
...Even the pigeons have now gone elsewhere. An hour later Leicester Square was also quiet. But by Covent Garden a small crowd had gathered. A woman rushed up to me: “Can you not walk here, please?...
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...More information at savingspecies.org; biologicaldiversity.org Matthew Engel is an FT columnist Photographs: AP; Alamy; ‘The Passenger Pigeon’ by Errol Fuller (Princeton); William B Mershon Family Collection...
...Sir, Matthew Engel (“Then there were none”, Life & Arts, August 23) reports that the body of the last passenger pigeon is on display at the Smithsonian, to mark the centenary of her passing....
...Sir, I read Matthew Engel’s article (“Then there were none,” Life & Arts, August 23) on the centenary of the extinction of the passenger pigeon with great interest....
...A four-day Spey descent, including hotel accommodation and all meals, costs from £800 Illustration by Matthew Cook...
...Like the much-envied “café culture” of France and Italy but taking place under cover from rain and pigeons, British coffee life increasingly revolves around conversation....
...… Natural Retreats is the creation of 43-year-old Matthew Spence....
...His elucidation of works such as the St Matthew Passion makes you want to listen to the music afresh....
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