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British Museum – On violence and beauty: reflections on war

This small free exhition looks at art inspired by war.

4/10

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Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

This is Mischief Theatre COmpany’s first foray into TV.  This is the Cornely Amatur Dramatic production of Christmas Carol and as with their other productions thing go hilariously wrong.

10/10

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Geffrey Myseum 29 December 2017

This visit to the free Geffrey Museum was just before it closed for a total renovation to become the Museum of the Home.

It is easy to reach using public transport and focuses on social history.  There are a variety of rooms set up showing how people lived in different time periods.

6/10

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British Museum – Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia

This exhibition includes artefacts from the warriors from ancient Siberia in Russia. It looks at how they dealt with the cold temperatures during their battles.

6/10

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Greatest Showman, The (2017)

This musical has some very catchy numbers.  It tells the story of P.T. Barnum and his circus museum.

7/10

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Yes Prime Minister – Complete Collection (1986)

In this sequel, BBC comedy Jim Hacker has become Prime Minister, with Bernard remaining as his Private Secretary and Sir Humphrey now the Cabinet Secretary.  It is very funny as they all plot to get their own way.

9/10

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Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

This is a very funny comedy starring Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford as headteachers of a boys and girls school respectively.  The problems come when the girl’s school is billeted with the boy’s school making things very crowded with 2 sets of children, 2 sets of teachers but only one set of classrooms, offices, and dormitories.  Things are further complicated when parents from the girl’s school and governors of a boys school visit and must remain unaware that the school is mixed meaning one lot must only see girls and the other lot boys whilst touring the same school.

10/10

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Dinnerladies – Complete Collection (1998)

This BBC comedy written by and starring Victoria Wood, with Julie Walters, Celia Imre, Duncan Preston, Andre Dunn, Thelma Barlow, Anne Reid, Maxine Peeke and Shobna Gulati is about the canteen at a northern factory, and how the staff deal with each other and their customers.

8/10

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Matilda (1996)

This is a US  adaptation of the Roald Dahl book about a remarkable girl from a family who ignore her.

6/10

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Harvey (1950)

James Stewart stars in this funny comedy about a man called Ellwood P Dowd whose best friend is a 6-foot invisible rabbit called Harvey.  His sister and niece live with him and are concerned about how others will react.

9/10