Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play This hilarious bittersweet comedy from director Mike Leigh (Mr Turner) is an unmissable & moving slice of real life Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a young black optometrist whose adoptive parents have recently died Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) is a sad unmarried mother who works in a factory & lives in a shabby terraced house with her confrontational daughter Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook) Cynthia&s brother Maurice (Timothy Spall) is a successful photographer who lives comfortably in suburbia with his wife Monica (Phyllis Logan) In a misplaced effort to re-unite the family Maurice & Monica throw a small barbecue party for Roxanne&s 21st birthday When Cynthia brings along her new friend Hortense chaos ensues & some painful truths are revealed ...

Faber's bestselling hamster series is given a smart new livery repositioning our favourite as a perennial classic character sitting alongside the likes of Winnie the Pooh & Wind in Willows The next in the bestselling According to Humphrey series Humphrey & his friends in Room 26 learn about ancient Egypt Mummies pharaohs pyramids & plenty of SHH-SHH-SHH secrets abound! Will Humphrey be able to solve the mysteries of the pharaohs? From award-winning author Betty G Birney ...

Christine Keeler's name is as synonymous with the Sixties sexual revolution as the Pill Having found fame & success as a model
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The fourth book in this heart-warming series about the residents of Poppy's Place cat cafe! Perfect for fans of Holly Webb Helen Peters & Anne Booth It's the Easter holidays & Isla can't wait to spend two whole weeks with the cats at Poppy's Place including the two new cats from Dolly's farm
- Sylvie a friendly three-legged cat & a timid ginger cat without a name But she soon finds she's got other things on her mind
- the appearance of a thin black cat in the garden & Mum's weird & secretive behaviour Then Isla spots Mum outside a jeweller's with Mr Black holding a small bag & puts two & two together
- could the bag contain a ring? Amidst all of this Isla's cousin Seb is causing problems in the cafe with his constant practical jokes & Isla determines to get her own back with a special Easter egg surprise & a little help from Gran As Isla's suspicions escalate things come to a head when Milo overhears her talking to Tilda about Mum & Mr Black & locks himself in his room Mum has a lot of explaining to do
- & Isla's in for a surprise but not quite the one she was expecting & there's a happy ending for the mystery cat too as Poppy's Place works its magic in the most unusual way!



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The fifth Little Village School novel' It's a small village is Barton-in-the-Dale Mrs Stirling' said the shopkeeper ' You ought to know that by now Nothing can be kept secret for too long News travels fast' In the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale long-hidden secrets are bubbling to the surface Ashley Underwood & Emmet O' Malley are set to tie the knot when a revelation from the handsome Irishman's past returns to haunt him The town's resident nosey-parker discovers some juicy gossip about the primary school's dishy new staff-member & head teacher Elisabeth Stirling has a very special secret of her own As the wedding day draws closer brewing secrets threaten to boil over But along with the skeletons tumbling out of the closet comes plenty of laughter drama friendship & love One thing's for sure for some life in Barton-in-the-Dale will never be the same again ...

Be inspired this New Year by a young woman's journey through life love & lyrics When I feel like I'm going mad I write A lot of my worst fears have come true; fears that felt so big I could barely hold them in my head I was convinced that when they happened the world would end But the world didn't end In fact it pushed on & demanded to keep spinning through all sorts of mayhem & I got through it & because I persisted I learned lessons about how to be a stronger kinder better human
- lessons you can only learn by going through these sorts of things This is for the people with minds that just don't stop; for those who feel everything a thousand times more than others around them Here are some words I wrote
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A stunning range of jewelled trinket boxes which are gold or silver plated dependant on their final colouring Each one is individually ...

A stunning range of jewelled trinket boxes which are gold or silver plated dependant on their final colouring Each one is individually ...

A stunning range of jewelled trinket boxes which are gold or silver plated dependant on their final colouring Each one is individually ...

A stunning range of jewelled trinket boxes which are gold or silver plated dependant on their final colouring Each one is individually ...