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30 of the best fantasy novels of all time

Not all those who wander are lost

Evening Standard

"In all those children's stories, you take some kind of chemical and have a great adventure. Alice In Wonderland is blatant": Grace Slick on the inspiration behind Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit

Riffing on Lewis Carroll's Alice, inspired by Miles Davis, Grace Slick's two-and-a-half minute hallucinogenic classic would provide her with an income for life

Louder

Lookingglass Theatre’s ‘Alice’ set for WTTW broadcast

“Lookingglass Alice” is a show where folding chairs fly out of picnic baskets, the White Knight rides a unicycle, characters bounce on massive balls and Alice has a tea party with an audience member.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Alice in Wonderland stage play from Chicago fuses circus elements for new PBS broadcast

The first indication that you’re not seeing a run-of-the-mill production of Alice in Wonderland is when the White Rabbit appears suspended 30 feet over the stage and does a somersault through a hoop

The Independent UK

Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition winners meet Camilla and visit the Evening Standard

Queen praises 'brilliant' young writers who excelled in world's oldest international writing competition for schools

Evening Standard

Queen praises young writers at reception for essay competition winners

Camilla, an avid reader, said the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition had brought ‘communities closer together’.

The Independent UK

A new Beatles song – 46 years later

John Lennon recorded "Now and Then" as a rough demo, but technology has revived it for a November release

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30 best books for children, from Matilda to Alice in Wonderland

THE LIST: The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention – as chosen by Philip Womack

The Independent UK

Single mum-of-three spends £130,000 transforming two homes into Alice in Wonderland rentals

'Everybody told me it was a terrible idea'

Wales Online

Alice in Wonderland superfan spends £130,000 turning homes into Lewis Carroll paradise

Jacqueline Sinclair, a self-confessed 'Lewis Carroll nerd', has even fitted the property in Brighton, East Sussex, with costumes, teacup stools and Cheshire cat stained glass windows

Daily Mirror

History has not ended–but the way we view risk has irreversibly changed

Today, the risk of inaction is much greater than the risk of action.

Fortune

30 best children’s books: From Matilda to Alice in Wonderland

The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention – as chosen by Philip Womack

The Independent UK

10 books worth a fortune that could be sitting on your shelf

First editions are among the most sought-after

Wales Online

Manchester tea rooms named among most Instagrammable in the whole world

The Alice in Wonderland inspired spot came 43rd in the list

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Suella Braverman blasted by judge who says migrant rules lack 'clarity of law'

Her Honour Melissa Canavan was so baffled by the Home Secretary's deportation bid, she took the extraordinary step of quoting from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland when she rejected it in court

The Guardian - UK

My mother, the troll: ‘I think she lost sight of the McCanns’ humanity’

When Ben Leyland’s mum said she was in trouble, he had no idea she was about to be exposed for sending hundreds of abusive tweets about Madeleine McCann’s parents – or of the tragic end to her story

Evening Standard

If the Tories listen to the siren voice of 49-day Liz Truss they will be sunk

When a party falls to pieces, look out for the phase in which it starts to blame the world for its own flaws. In a 4,000-word essay in The Daily Telegraph that would have been funnier but no less absurd if it had been written by Lewis Carroll, the 49-day…

The Independent UK

Fire rips through historic London church as heartbroken vicar watches on

Lewis Carroll and Queen Victoria’s son Prince Leopold had links to ‘historical treasure’ church

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The Independent UK

London church described as ‘historical treasure’ destroyed by fire

The building had links to author Lewis Carroll and Queen Victoria’s son Prince Leopold.

The Independent UK

Firefighters called to blaze at heritage-listed London church

St Mark’s is located near Abbey Road Studios and Lord’s Cricket Ground, and has links to author Lewis Carroll and Queen Victoria’s son Prince Leopold.

Edinburgh Live

People are just realising Humpty Dumpty is not an egg and they are 'haunted'

The nursery rhyme character has been depicted across media as an egg, stretching all the way back to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland sequel published in 1871.

Salon

A "Borderland" role model for survival

Chishiya is smug, only moves as much as he must and exploits others – but his cold calculation is admirable

Inverse

How 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' led to the discovery of a real brain condition

"My body is as if someone had drawn a vertical line separating the two halves. The right half seems to be twice the size of the left half."

The Guardian - UK

Alice in Wonderland review – Carroll’s classic goes down the Victoria line

Poltergeist theatre company send Alice into the underground in this offbeat adaptation with tube-inspired nonsense language

The Guardian - UK

Alice in Wonderland review – spectacular class-flipped adaptation

An underprivileged Alice fights for the wonder of book-learning in Theresa Heskin’s transformative take on Carroll’s classic tale

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