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The pet I’ll never forget: Queenie, the mysterious budgie who beguiled us all

Throughout her life, she surprised and entertained us – the perfect companion whether at home or on holiday

The Guardian - UK

Home truths: literature’s enduring love affair with landlords

From Orwell’s ‘horribly observant’ Mrs Wisbeach to Andrea Levy’s benign Queenie – how writers portray landlords tells us much about about changing society through the ages

The Guardian - UK

Equine therapy charity aims to double capacity as demand from flood victims soars

The demand for mental health support in regional Victoria is rising after last year's floods. A unique counselling service near one of the hardest hit towns is pleading for donations to expand its service.

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Blackadder, The Crown, Game of Thrones: 11 best portrayals of kings and queens on TV

There have been countless TV monarchs over the years

Wales Online

Queenie author credits ‘super-considerate’ Ryan Calais Cameron during work on TV adaptation

Candice Carty-Williams is working on the TV version of her award-winning novel

Evening Standard

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry review – Jim Broadbent hits the road

Jim Broadbent’s Harold goes on a 600-mile quest in Rachel Joyce’s sad and quirky story that is undermined by its implausibility

The Guardian - UK

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry review: British cinema can do road movies after all

In our The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry review, we argue that Hettie McDonald's road movie is anything but pedestrian.

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Oscar winner Jim Broadbent in Northumberland to film new movie The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Jim Broadbent, who received an Oscar for his role in Iris, has been in Northumberland to shoot a new film with Penelope Wilton

Chronicle Live

The cine files! Everything you need to see at the cinema in April

From Ben Affleck’s Nike drama Air to laptop thriller Missing and high-kicking west London sisters in Polite Society, we round up the 11 best films to see in April

Evening Standard

Review: 'Maureen,' by Rachel Joyce

FICTION: The wife of the peripatetic Harold Fry goes on a pilgrimage in this sequel to Rachel Joyce's bestseller.

Tribune News Service

Family heartbroken after longstanding lollipop lady with MBE died days after Christmas

Jean helped children cross the road outside the same primary school for more than 30 years

Manchester Evening News

Missing cat found 400 miles away in Glasgow as search continues for furry 'sister'

Four-year-old moggies Duchess and Queenie went missing from the front garden of their home in Great Yarmouth in August with fears they could have jumped into a work van.

Daily Record

'Spectacular' Liverpool nightclub loved by celebrities was 'the best in town'

Most celebrities used to "just call in"

Liverpool Echo

Hex at the National Theatre review: this chaotic Sleeping Beauty spin off is cursed

This musical adaptation ends up being a sporadically charming but utterly confused mess

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‘We put Disney in the bin’: Victoria Hamilton-Barritt on being theatre’s top Christmas villain

She starred in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights while eight months pregnant and played Cinderella’s stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s abruptly closed musical. Now Hamilton-Barritt has bounced back as a tormented ogress in Hex

Wales Online

Porky pooch who struggled to walk loses third of her body weight

Queenie had hydrotherapy sessions to get her moving as her muscles couldn't withstand the pressure of walking

Daily Mirror

The top 20 corgi names have been revealed ahead of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee as the monarch inspires animal lovers to welcome her favourite breed into their homes

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People Person by Candice Carty-Williams review – sharp witted but contrived family drama

The Queenie author’s follow-up loses the plot in this tale of five estranged siblings, a neglectful father and a dead body

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Candice Carty-Williams: ‘It’s time to write a book just about Black people’

How do you follow a game-changing, award-winning debut? Candice Carty-Williams on Queenie, binning her second novel, and how People Person draws on life with eight siblings

The Guardian - AU

Paws off: protecting clothes from your pets (and what to do when you’ve failed)

From removing stray hairs to repairing chewed shoes, much can be done to fix pet-related wardrobe problems; but prevention is often better than cure

The Independent UK

New-born white rhino named Queenie to mark the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee

The Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens in Burford, Oxfordshire, has shared photographs and videos of the rhino calf.

Manchester Evening News

'Struggling' nail technician, 23, who nicknames herself 'Queenie' is BANNED from driving after getting caught drunk at the wheel of her car following a 2am pub lock-in

Olivia Stokes was spotted driving erratically by a police patrol

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