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China’s foreign minister also said he hoped France would abide by the One China principle when he spoke with a French presidential advisor on Thursday, days before the countries’ leaders meet in Beijing.
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Aardman studios to put props, sets and storyboards on show for its 50th anniversary event at the Young V&A Aardman studios is known around the world for its seamlessly animated stop-motion train chases, hacked “smart gnomes”, tea-consuming heroes and villainous penguins. Now fans will get a behind-the-scenes look at the studio’s best-known projects and see how they went from rough ideas sketched out on a kitchen table to Oscar-winning films in a major exhibition at the Young V&A in east London. Continue reading… Source link India Won’t consider parts of Great… Do not let disability come in way… New…
Known for bold raids on urban bins, raccoons are becoming more domesticated – so how they look will gradually change I have kept many pets over the years. Some, like my current canine companion, have been both adoring and adorable, but others have been less successful. I’m thinking of the hamster who scarfed down her babies, the cockerel who karate-kicked the kids and our current cat, who is so aloof that she says “meh” instead of “miaow”. So it was with interest that I learned that urban raccoons in North America are showing signs of domestication. A study in…
Polka theatre, LondonThis spellbinding adaptation uses a bulging dramatic toolbox of clever effects and manages to be both epic and intimate Some children’s books – simple stories from familiar worlds – transfer to the stage without much creative heavy lifting. Philip Pullman’s fairytale of volcano scaling, talking elephants and “The Greatest Firework Show in the Galaxy” isn’t one of them. But with buckets of imagination and a sterling cast, Lee Lyford’s new production for six-to-12-year-olds is both epic and spellbindingly intimate. My seven-year-old guest, Artie, isn’t familiar with the book but is immediately enthralled and, at times, so far…