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...And for some adults, such as occasional Pollock’s customers Philip Pullman and Emma Thompson, the magic of toy theatre still sets the stage for the imagination to run riot....
...Mattel noted that higher-priced toys had been affected by “macroeconomic challenges”, with sales of its American Girl dolls down 16 per cent....
...Among Ellison’s critics was actress Emma Thompson, who withdrew from a voice role in Luck after Lasseter was hired....
...He finds it hard to take his eyes off his newest toy, which cost close to $10mn to buy and refit....
...“I think of it as a little toy soldier,” he says of its simple, child-like form....
...Hard Luck Stories, an eight-CD compendium of Richard and Linda Thompson’s work together, could have been entitled “Portrait of a Marriage”....
...If your dog likes to dig, focus their attention on a digging pit within timber boards, such as a raised bed, containing some buried “treasure” — treats or toys....
...He reels off a list of actors’ names — Daniel Day-Lewis, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins — whose early theatre experiences led, among other things, to success in Hollywood....
...Sophie Thompson excels as this touchingly fragile motormouth, delivering an exceptional “I’m an addict” speech at the NA meeting....
...From jewellery to watches, designer clothes and shoes, beauty treatments, toys, perfume, fine wines, luggage, books, menswear, meals and even groceries, Mrs Hajiyeva went to the department store for almost...
...Disney has kept the box office afloat this year with hits such as Avengers, The Lion King and Toy Story 4....
...Scott plays Garry Essendine, a svelte matinee idol who is handling the advent of his forties with all the grace and restraint of a toddler deprived of a favourite toy....
...He began making and photographing fantasy war scenes, adapting toy figures, even building a model Belgian village. He called his world “Marwen”, later “Marwencol”. (For explanation see the film.)...
...As well as food and drink, Sainsbury’s and Asda also sell goods such as fuel, electricals, toys and clothing....
...who spend their spare time building collections of rare stamps, coins and toys....
...The kids win a soft toy by throwing ping-pong balls into floating cups. A stall is offering test drives of Ram pick-up trucks....
...The FT’s Barney Thompson looks at the pros and cons of this emerging asset class. Dating apps: It’s not a match How do you really know someone you met through your smartphone?...
...At least Mr Newton-Jones didn’t default to blaming the internet, unlike fellow shops-for-tots such as Toys R Us....
...But how much is down to the vast cultural empire — of books and films but also theme parks, tours, theatre shows and toys — that has grown into a parallel world worth more than $25bn?...
...It was during this time that Lange took her famous photograph of Florence Owens Thompson, the “migrant mother”, and her children at a workers’ camp in California in 1936....
...Now Tullow Oil, the Africa explorer, is promoting founder Aidan Heavey from chief executive to chairman, replacing Simon Thompson after just six years. There is no suggestion of termination payments....
...Its pendant light (£115), which takes the form of an upside-down acorn, was conceived by the husband of co-founder Charlotte Thompson....
...Food for thought Reaching for the sun The story of how an obscure toy maker was transformed into Hanergy Thin Film, a solar group whose value touched $40bn before a dramatic fall....
...the Pleasure Beach, from auctions, eBay and other theme parks, as well as donations, to find things like this,” says Eddie Kemsley, director of the Dreamland Trust, pointing to old carousel horses and toy...
...They still operate mainly out of a shed in the garden of a house in Middlesex, copiously decorated with knitted toys and dummies swathed in army kit....
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