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Amazing Grace to Open in London Bridge - Notion

Amazing Grace to Open in London Bridge - Notion

A vibrant new music venue Amazing Grace is geared up to open in the ecclesiastical setting of St Thomas' Chur…

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Somerset House's Free Exhibition Celebrates Skateboarding - Notion

Somerset House's Free Exhibition Celebrates Skateboarding - Notion

Somerset House's summer exhibition, No Comply, delves into the past 45 years of skateboarding culture. With t…

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Selected by Deep Green | 10Trax Notion Magazine

Selected by Deep Green | 10Trax Notion Magazine

Renowned rapper Deep Green shares his latest single "Bandz" and exclusively picks 10Trax for Notion that have…

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Firsts with Rapper Jelani Blackman | Notion Magazine

Firsts with Rapper Jelani Blackman | Notion Magazine

Rapper Jelani Blackman shares his musical firsts with Notion, from seeing Dizzee Rascal with his mum to playi…

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Lady Gaga and Adam Driver star in new House of Gucci trailer

Lady Gaga and Adam Driver star in new House of Gucci trailer

Ridley Scott's lethal fashion flick, House of Gucci, will arrive in UK cinemas in November with a star-studde…

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Biker Gang Caramel Curves Rev Up Savage X Fenty's Latest Campaign - Notion

Biker Gang Caramel Curves Rev Up Savage X Fenty's Latest Campaign - Notion

Rihanna's lingerie label Savage X Fenty has enlisted female biker crew Caramel Curves for her latest campaign…

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Hen review: György Pálfi's hardboiled parable is 'Chicken Run for intellectuals'

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By Miriam Balanescu 
| Empire
After a battery-farm chicken escapes death’s clutches, it finds sanctuary in a seafood taverna on the Greek coast, only to cross paths with a gang of unruly thugs. What with EO, Cow, and Kedi, cinema seems more interested in the inner lives of animals than ever before. György Pálfi’s nail-biting drama Hen is the latest in this creaturely canon, offering a bird’s-eye-view of human affairs.
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The good old bad old days: Prestige Drama, by Seamas O’Reilly, reviewed

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By Miriam Balanescu 
| The Spectator Australia
Prestige Drama Little Brown, pp.192, 18.99 Set in present-day Derry, Seamas O’Reilly’s Prestige Drama centres on the filming of a television series set in the 1980s. Monica Logue, a glamorous American actress and crime drama regular, has been cast as the lead, and residents are divided between apprehension and hoping she ‘would do for Troubles-era Derry what she’d already done for shops that sold satin gloves’.
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Little Vanities — Sarah Gilmartin’s novel of unravelling friendships

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By Miriam Balanescu 
| Financial Times
From Anne Enright to Colm Tóibín, the most prominent Irish authors today seem to find the meatiest material in claustrophobic relationships.
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