Everyone tensed & leaned forward wondering who this new arrival could be A stripper? Surely not A music act? Please no' From the author of Number One Christmas bestseller Five on Brexit Island join the Five in their next hilarious adventure in this bestselling series for grown-ups! The Five set out to give the best office Christmas party ever in the most traditional of fashions But on no budget at all Will they succeed & make everyone happy? Or will all the emergency services be called before the night is out? ...

Britain has played a key role in the history of the last five centuries & its art reflects this in absorbing but complex ways At first foreign artists & influences were dominant
- for example Holbein Van Dyck Lely & Kneller In the century of Hogarth Reynolds & Gainsborough British painting reflected an increasingly confident society propelled by Imperialist expansion & industrial advance Constable & Turner were among many pioneers in the artistic revolutions of the Romantic period when British influence extended across Europe The Victorian age saw the moral dilemmas reflected in art of Christian values challenged by science A consistent undercurrent has been Britain's preference for the real world (landscape & portraiture) as against "high" art & abstraction This is a survey of the personalities of British painting & an assessment of the latest flowering in which many threads of modern art come together
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'I love her books
- particularly the Five Children & It sequence'
- Neil Gaiman Digging in the gravel pit on a hot summer's

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Julia Mc Kenzie & Simon Carter star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of E Nesbit's much-loved children's novel an enchanting adaptation' Independent on Sunday On a hot Edwardian summer's day five children are playing in a gravel pit when they dig up something very peculiar a funny furry fat litte creature with the feet of a monkey & bat's ears! The Psammead is a magical sand fairy who has the power to grant wishes but the children can only have one wish a day & the wishes only last until sunset As the children try to get their hearts' desires things go hilariously wrong & they have a series of amazing adventures that will change their lives But their last wish gets them into terrible trouble & it will take all the Psammead's powers to put things right This delightfully whimsical drama adapted by Malcolm Mc Kee stars Julia Mc Kenzie as the older Jane & Mother & Simon Carter as the Psammead The wonder & excitement of much-loved children's classics lives on in BBC Radio's acclaimed full-cast dramatisations complete with evocative music & sound effects Duration 1 hour 30 mins approx ...

Julia Mc Kenzie & Simon Carter star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of E Nesbit’s much-loved children’s novel ‘an enchanting adaptation’ Independent on Sunday On a hot Edwardian summer’s day five children are playing in a gravel pit when they dig up something very peculiar a funny furry fat litte creature with the feet of a monkey & bat’s ears! The Psammead is a magical sand fairy who has the power to grant wishes but the children can only have one wish a day & the wishes only last until sunset As the children try to get their hearts’ desires things go hilariously wrong & they have a series of amazing adventures that will change their lives But their last wish gets them into terrible trouble & it will take all the Psammead’s powers to put things right This delightfully whimsical drama adapted by Malcolm Mc Kee stars Julia Mc Kenzie as the older Jane & Mother & Simon Carter as the Psammead The wonder & excitement of much-loved children’s classics lives on in BBC Radio’s acclaimed full-cast dramatisations complete with evocative music & sound effects Duration 1 hour 30 mins approx ...

& Don&t you know a s&-fairy when you see one?&I dare say you have often thought about what you would do if you were granted three wishes The five children
- Cyril Anthea Robert Jane & their baby brother
- had often talked about it but when they are faced with the grumpy s&-fairy they find it difficult to make up their minds & that is just the beginning of their dilemmas As they discover there is nothing quite like a wish for getting you into terrible trouble BACKSTORY Learn about what it was like to be a child in 1902 & try some fun activities!

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When Cyril Anthea Robert Jane & their baby brother go digging in the gravel pit the last thing they expect to find is a Psammead – an ancient S&-fairy! Having a S&-fairy for a pet means having one wish granted each day But the children don&t realize all the trouble wishes can cause A timeless classic with an introduction by Quentin Blake award-winning illustrator & first-ever Children&s Laureate (1999–2001) ...

Its eyes were on long horns like a snail&s eyes… it had ears like a bat&s ears & its tubby body was shaped like a spider&s & covered with thick soft fur… & it had hands & feet like a monkey&s ‘ It’ was the Psammead the grumpy s&-fairy that could if in the mood grant a wish a day When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail Golden guineas are too difficult to spend wings let them down in a most inconvenient way & when they wish for Red Indians the children forget that they can sometimes be a little warlike Generations of children have come to love the fantasy & the whimsy of the stories in the classic book from the author of The Railway Children ...

An incredible heart-wrenching sequel to E Nesbit's Five Children & It set on the eve of the First World War The five children have grown up
- war will change their lives for ever Cyril is off to fight Anthea is at art college Robert is a Cambridge scholar & Jane is at high school The Lamb is the grown up age of 11 & he has a little sister Edith in tow The sand fairy has become a creature of stories until he suddenly reappears The siblings are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war but this time the Psammead is here for a reason & his magic might have a more serious purpose Before this last adventure ends all will be changed & the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint
- factory-workers soldiers & sailors nurses & the people left at home & the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family

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Five Crowns is rummy with a five-suited deck & a twist The set collection aspect of rummy is basically the same with groups of three cards in either runs or denominations making a valid meld The twist is that in each hand the number of cards required to create a meld increases from three cards in the first hand to thirteen in the last The game therefore consists of eleven hands In each hand in addition to the six Jokers other cards are designated as wild in the first hand 3s are wild; in the second hand 4s are wild & so on until in the last hand the Kings go wild (You can remember which cards are wild because it matches the number of cards in hand ie in the first hand you hold three cards & 3s are wild) A hand ends when a player can meld all cards in her hand after the discard 2-7 Players 30 Min Playing Time Age 8 ...