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Lena Headey and Sophie Simnett in Twist

Film Leisure Reviews

Let’s Twist again

30/01/202130/01/2021 Mick Ferris Charles Dickens, film, leisure, Lena Heady, Michael Caine, Twist

Twist (12, 89 minutes) A modern day telling of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, which rather than being contemporary, feels more

1987: Aretha Franklin

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – January 3

03/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Alaska, Apple, Aretha, Beatles, Charles Dickens, George Bush, George Washington, history, Jack Ruby, January 3, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Martin Luther, Mussolini, Nietzsche, Pelosi, Thatcher, Yeltsin

1431: Joan of Arc is handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 1496: Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.