Philip Ardagh Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Philip Ardagh

I've not read the book but I've just seen the film of THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT on @netflix. I was brought up on 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, etc. but THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT is now one of my favourite animations of all time. Good old fashioned, character-led, storytelling. https://t.co/kazr3I7VVZ

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@tygertale @MoominOfficial For me, the definitive cover for COMET IN MOOMINLAND - not only my favourite Moomin book but favourite children's book - is this one, reproduced on the dust jacket of the @SortofBooks hardback edition. Isn't it stunning? Wow, Tove Jansson could draw! https://t.co/aRRT68QtsD

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David Levithan used to be my editor at @Scholastic US in New York. He then became a wildly successful author of YA books including EVERY DAY, one of my favourite, favourite books of all time. It's a no-brainer: #IStandWithTheBanned https://t.co/dezi1VnIs3

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@EveAinsworth ‘GLORIANA or The Revolution of 1900’ is a feminist Utopia written in 1890 by Lady Florence (Douglas) Dixie (who, funnily enough, played a key role is establishing the game of women's association football, organising exhibition matches for charity and, in 1895, becoming...

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@tweetsbystuart @RevRichardColes NEVER let the truth get in the way of a good story. That's Twitter 101.

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"... rousingly singing what they would do with a hammer at various times of the day." - Jonathan Franzen CROSSROADS. Ha! Love it! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp1z8EzZ5Hs&t=0h0m37s https://t.co/gDmaEMdlX2

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@tygertale @MoominOfficial For me, the definitive cover for COMET IN MOOMINLAND - not only my favourite Moomin book but favourite children's book - is this one, reproduced on the dust jacket of the @SortofBooks hardback edition. Isn't it stunning? Wow, Tove Jansson could draw! https://t.co/aRRT68QtsD

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@MarkStevensPD @RachaelLBC Which Rolls Royce factory was that, Mark? Small world. My paternal grandfather was in charge of the (secret) development of the jet engine - with Frank Whittle and Rolls Royce - during WWII.

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My Revival Who Doctors ranking: 1. Matt Smith 2. David Tennant 3. Christopher Ecclestone 4. Jodi Whittaker 5. Peter Capaldi #DrWho Favourite Doctors of All Time: 1" Patrick Troughton & Matt Smith 3. Tom Baker 4. John Pertwee 5. David Tennant https://t.co/3wXhgVyZRi

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Philip Ardagh

2/8 asking if he’d like to donate funds to a Jewish convalescent home which might, in some small way, atone for his portrayal of the Jew, Fagin, in OLIVER TWIST. Her letter contained the passage : “Charles Dickens, the large-hearted, whose works plead so eloquently and so ... https://t.co/zLVe59RRQH

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