Get a free Wildlife Recording Kit and monitor local green spaces
Want to know what wildlife might be making its home on ground you own, manage or work on with a community group?
Help is at hand thanks to Surrey Wildlife Trust’s new Wildlife Recording Kits – boxes filled with surveying equipment to help community groups undertake species monitoring on sites from gardens and recreation grounds to local woodland.
The kits are available free of charge from Guildford and Godalming Libraries and directly from the Trust’s head office in Pirbright, and can be reserved for one or two weeks at a time.
Image by: Jon Hawkins
With one-third of local species in trouble, Surrey Wildlife Trust is on a mission to encourage more people to take action to protect and provide homes for native plants and animals – and these kits will help people identify what wildlife, from minibeasts to moths to small mammals, is present, enabling them to make better informed land management decisions to benefit nature. Actions could include putting up signage to encourage people not to walk on wildflowers, installing bird feeders filled with suitable food for a particular species, installing bat boxes, planting hedgerows to support butterflies and moths or creating ponds for newts.
The Trust currently has the following equipment available:
• Bat kit including high-viz jackets for working at night, a bat detector and call frequency guide.
• Pond kit including nets, trays for specimens and identification guides for a range of species.
• Minibeasts kit including magnifying pots, equipment for handling specimens and ID guides.
• Small mammals kit including footprint tunnels and plates, feeding kit and ‘tracks and signs’ ID guide.
• Soil kit with a corer and tester kit to establish soil chemistry.
• Plant kit including quadrats, magnifiers and ID guides for a huge range of local native flora.
• For those with a cinematic bent, a trail camera kit is also available. This can be set up to record badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, birds, mice and other creatures that might visit when you are not present.
Once people have completed their surveys, the Trust is encouraging users to report their findings to the Surrey Biodiversity Information Centre (SBIC) to help it gain important information on the distribution and abundance of species and habitats across the county.
SWT’s Community Engagement Manager Claire Harris says: “You don’t have to be a professional to contribute to science and conversation. SWT is proud to work with a broad range of community organisations across the county, but we want even more people to get involved in mapping, understanding and restoring the natural world. It’s great the local Libraries of Things are working with us to help people find out more about what lives on their doorsteps. If we all play our part, we can open minds, transform local areas and ultimately create a much wilder environment for everyone to enjoy.”
SWT also runs courses that enable people to learn more about species and habitats in Surrey. Any adult can register to attend here. The Trust also offers a limited number of FREE places to Surrey-based community groups, who are signed up to its Wilder Communities programme.
Flight Club – the lively fairground inspired bar and Social Darts experience is coming to Oxford and is set to open doors on 22nd November, just in time for the festive season!
Promising to deliver a one-of-a-kind social experience to Oxford, Flight Club is designed to bring groups of friends together for an unforgettable time. Situated on the roof terrace level of the Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford locals can look forward to a stunning bar with a lively atmosphere, craft cocktails, and delicious sharing dishes. Expect unexpected, ridiculous joy every time.
Flight Club Oxford will offer semi-private oches (Social Darts playing areas) around a spectacular bar, along with plenty of seating options and two beautiful terraces. Its blend of delicious food and drink, stylish interiors, vibrant DJ sets, and energetic vibe makes this new addition to Oxford’s bar scene the perfect destination for creating memorable moments with friends.
Darts revolutionised
Flight Club’s highly popular Social Darts experience has completely transformed the traditional game, bringing darts into the 21st century with fun, fast-paced multiplayer games that anyone can enjoy.
First-time visitors to Flight Club should leave any preconceived notions about darts behind. This modernised version of the game has undergone a high-tech upgrade. Cameras track and automatically score each dart, eliminating the need for manual arithmetic. Live action replays are displayed on-screen during the session, and afterward, shareable stories of the best memories are sent directly to players’ phones.
Perfect for groups of friends, Flight Club redefines the traditional two-player game. Social darts, Flight Club’s enhanced version, allows up to 12 people to gather around an oche. For larger groups, corporate events, or Christmas parties, multiple oches can be linked to host up to 250 players in epic tournaments led by an expert Gamesmaster.
There are six immersive and fast-paced games to choose from. One game, ‘Demolition’, start players with 180 points, with the goal of reaching zero by taking turns throwing darts. Unlike traditional darts, no double is required to win, making it easier for newcomers. In the game ‘Killer’, players must hit their assigned number three times to become a “killer”. Once they achieve killer status, they aim to hit other players’ numbers to knock them out, with the last person standing declared the winner.
Small plates, sharing pizzas and spectacular cocktails
The food menu at Flight Club Oxford will include crowd-pleasing dishes ideal for sharing and eating mid-throw. Sourdough pizza paddles, juicy burgers and loaded fries are just some of the treats on offer.
If you’re a cocktail aficionado, you’ll be in good hands, with plenty of options to choose from, including signature cocktails, classics with a twist, cocktail slushies – perfect for balmy summer evenings – and sharing trophy cocktails served in a show-stopping trophy cup – the best way to toast the Social Darts champions.
Bottomless brunch with a twist
Not forgetting everyone’s favourite weekend pastime, Flight Club Oxford will also offer a bottomless brunch you won’t want to miss. Plenty of booze, great food, and an all-round epic time. Tickets for the two-hour brunch session cost from £30pp and include 60 minutes of gameplay at the oche, a bottle of prosecco per person and all the pizza you can eat. Party vibes are guaranteed as the resident DJ blasts the tunes throughout the day.
The setting: all the fun of the fairground
Flight Club Oxford will be decked out in Flight Club’s signature style, combining the fun of the fairground with Victorian nods and all the best bits of a traditional British pub. Think fairground-style signage and lighting that blinks in time to the music, panelling, bold prints, and subtle nods to Oxford’s history throughout.
There are treasures and trinkets in every corner to surprise and delight, including clocks and barometers of varying sizes on the walls, fun adaptations to Victorian portraits, reclaimed antique furniture pieces and a fairground carousel horse.
Robbie James laments the demise of Top Gear and love them or loathe them, Jeremy, Richard and James
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take to our screens for one final time this month. Together with their various crew and production team, they’ve created some of the most entertaining television of the last couples of decades, whether we like them or not.
At the turn of the century, in a Top Gearless world, if you’d told a television controller that a car review show as going to be on BBC Two every Sunday at 8pm, they would tell you that you don’t know what you’re talking about, and they’d be right. There was no way a niche like this would even get to take BBC Two out for a drink. It had to have an additional entertainment factor, and a cast that drove (oh dear) that entertainment.
Whether you like any of Jeremy, Richard or James (not that many of us know them), there’s no denying that they are extremely talented at what they do. They have such clarity as to what their role within the show is. Jeremy knows he’s the anchor (you thought it, not me). Richard knows he’s the slow, sensible grandad.
While they all possess an understanding of how our attention, how to make us laugh, and how to bring out the best (or in most cases, worst) in each other, there’s an underlying knowledge of the car world that is far less glamourous and takes fewer headlines, but is equally important to the success of the show.
I always enjoy things that can bring multiple together, and it’s harder than ever to succeed in doing so. The simple, Pythonesque humour that they’ve so often adopted over the years doesn’t discriminate; people falling over will never not be funny.
The success of Top Gear and The Grand Tour provides us with a few reminders. Firstly, the concept of a show may sound plausible, but it’s the case that turn a one series fling into a sustainable, nation capturing television show that runs for the next 22 years. You can’t fake a friendship for 22 years. You can’t fake your humour or your enthusiasm for that long.
Oh and also, television is expensive. Like, really expensive, especially if you’re planning on giving your audience an opportunity for a ‘cwoaaaar’ or a ‘no no no no no OH’ as another vehicle descends off a cliff into the English channel. Explosions to pay for. Travel to pay for. Oh, and it’s a car show isn’t it, so lots of cars.
The relevance of cars to the show itself tells you everything you need to know about what has made the show the mainstream success that it’s become. While the BBC’s Top Gear, the show was featured based. Any time they were actually doing the car review bit, that was scrolling time. I don’t care about the new Audi’s A7 torque, I want to see Paul McKenna try and get a Suzuki Liana around a wet Dunsfold Aerodrome, or watch James test sail the car he’s converted into a boat.
They’ve had their controversies and won’t be for everyone, but no one is. There’ll be a gap in the car-based-television-show-market, but no doubt in 22 years’ time, they’ll still be on the newly named U&Dave. I can’t think of many shows that have remained so consistent when it comes to format and personnel over such a prolonged period of time, and I think they deserve credit for that.
Oxfordshire’s oxen are set to go under the hammer on September 13th to raise funds for Sobell House Hospice
More than 130 oxen decorated the county with people discovering hidden ox designs across the area, but now it’s time to herd them up and auction them off.
The auction will be held online and in person at the Saïd Business School, Oxford on Friday, 13th September at 7.30pm. The sale will feature a stunning selection of life-sized ox sculptures and mini oxen, all available for online bidding.
The event will be hosted by celebrity auctioneer, Bargain Hunt’s Thomas Forrester. Those looking to attend can check out the online auction via the digital catalogue and register their interest today.
Thomas said: “I simply can’t wait to wield my gavel like am American cowboy in the mid-west driving my herd to an ox-tounding sale at auction, raising such much needed and valuable funds for Sobell Hospice!”
Among those at auction is Children’s illustrator KorKy Paul with his “Winne and Wilbur” inspired ox, and international artist, Amanda Quellin’s design inspired by the stained glass found in Oxford’s architecture. Both with starting bids at £2,500.
The much talked about BBC Radio Oxford ox has also gone up for auction. This sculpture features hundreds of crocheted segments stitched together representing the ‘colourful and diverse’ communities of Oxfordshire. Starting the bids at £1,300, this special Ox is named ‘Tony’ after the artist Yarnsy’s Grandad, who was cared for at Sobell House.
And those looking for a celebrity treat, the trail’s scribed mini ‘Post-ox’ is also starting at £1,300 in the auction house. As part of the ‘moo-vement’, Postb-ox features doodles and signatures from over 20 famous faces – including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Prue Leith, Ben Shephard, Radiohead and Miriam Margoyles.
Director of Fundraising, Beth Marsh from Sobell House Hospice, said: “The auction provides a fantastic opportunity to own a unique piece of art while supporting the vital work we do at the hospice. We are very excited for the sale, it’s the perfect opportunity to purchase one of the moo-jestic ox sculptures and share in the legacy of OxTrail 2024.”
Those who wish to bid on oxen in September can purchase £50 tickets, they include drinks, canapés, and entry. Alternatively, bidders can register online, and place their offers ahead of the auction.
Beth added: “We give people the chance to live well in the time they have left and provide them with compassionate and dignified end of life care. Please place your bids and make an ox-tra big difference this September.”
Neighbours fan Liz Nicholls chats to one of her heroes, Ryan Moloney, who has played Toadfish in beloved Aussie soap for 30 years and is sharing his behind-the-scenes stories with the Toad On The Road UK tour.
G’day fellow Neighbours fans (and fans-to-be)! This week I was honoured to chat to Neighbours royalty: Ryan Moloney who has played Jarrod Vincenzo “Toadfish” Rebecchi for an astonishing 30 years.
In case you missed the memo, Toadie is leaving the beloved soap very soon which is why he’s in the UK. Ryan is hosting the Toad on the Road show which stops at The Anvil Basingstoke this Friday, 13th September, and has been winning rave reviews so far!
Toadie has survived a brutal kidnapping, croc attack and breakdown in Neighbours’ thrilling #DeathInTheOutback week but we’re still unsure what form his demise might take… But it can’t be that final, can it, Ryan? Bear in mind that Dionne (my personal favourite of the Toad’s five wives, along with her evil twin… but that’s another story) came back from the dead after plummeting off a cliff, and Harrold Bishop was also famously resurrected. Is this really the end of the Toad? “Ummm. Well, yeah… Nothing’s ever final, but I think it might be for Toadie!”
Q&A with Ryan Moloney
Wow, ok, no spoilers! Toadie’s has a lot of trauma over the past three decades, hasn’t he? I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone cry so much on screen! How do you do that?! “Well, actually that’s part of the Toad On The Road show. When you’re younger, you spend a lot of time trying to extend your skills and make things more real so you can connect with your audience more. And the more truthful and honest things are for me, it’s almost like the less I have to act. And from that point on, there’s access to this emotionally deep well.”
It’s so good to see mental health – my favourite subject – explored in my favourite soap… “Yeah, absolutely. Mental health is not necessarily something that we show on television. I get that it’s a tough subject, but I think we need to show it. It’s part of our psyche, our world, so we should represent these stories. That’s the thing about watching shows, television, movies, hearing music, it connects people. If you don’t see this stuff on television, it almost shuns people going through stuff and makes them feel mental health problems are something that we need to push away. But it’s something that so many people deal with.
“That’s why I’m so glad that this is actually what I’m doing for my last year on Neighbours. We get to tell the story of this character’s mental demise. Thirty years of trauma catches up with Toadie and he ends up having a psychotic snap. And then by the end of it he has a realisation… This is almost my last gift, in a way. This is what I want to go out with.”
When it was announced that Neighbours was ending in 2022, it was a big shock to fans. Then the whole world tuned in for the finale, starring the likes of Guy Ritchie, Kylie and Margot Robbie. Is it down to the love of the fans that Neighbours is back, for a year now, with a new network? “Absolutely! It would not have come back without the fans’ demand for Neighbours to exist. And I think it was almost like a happy accident that Amazon wanted to launch Freevee. If I was Amazon, I’d be thinking: ‘What am I going to launch with?’ And here’s this show with an audience just screaming for it back on TV.”
Apart from Neighbours, what’s your favourite TV show, and what’s your favourite film? “Oooh film is a tough one but I’d say Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch: I love films that are not just your run-of-the-mill kind of storytelling.
“But I don’t actually watch a lot of TV. I’m too busy kind of building things and learning things, mainly mechanics. I tend to spend a lot of time on YouTube, just kind of going down rabbit holes. At the moment I’m trying to make my son’s go-kart go faster! Apart from doing a directing traineeship with the Neighbours team, I do a lot of things. We’re building farms, and I do civil construction. Mainly, now I just want to spend time with my kids. My daughter’s coming up 18 and my son’s just turned 16. And I want to just be able to grab that last second with them before they disappear.”
There’s a lot to be celebrated about Toadie. How much of Toadie is in you, Ryan? “I’d say, you know, he’s probably about 25% like me. Toadie’s a knight in shining armour and one of the main drivers behind him is that he’s the eternal loser. We always need him to lose so we can get behind him. So we give him little wins and then we make him lose. He’s a generous person, always looking out for other people; that’s very much me. But also, he makes some very bad decisions and he doesn’t seem to learn from his past behaviours: I don’t think that’s me! Nobody can always be liked, that’s for sure. I think it’s important to have off-putting elements in a character like Toadie, because that’s real.”
Speaking of which, as much as I love Toadie, Paul is my favourite character… So what’s Stefan Dennis (one of the finest actors of our generation) like behind the scenes? “Ahhh he’s such a lovely fella. I absolutely love Steffi. He’s just so kind and generous and he’s pretty funny too.
“I love Paul too! He’s the character that you just love to hate. I can’t believe that everyone keeps getting sucked in! See here’s the thing, right? If Toad is the eternal loser, Paul is the baddie who comes good in a way. He’s a… winner! The audience always want him to come good and then he does for a period of time. But the important thing to remember is that he is completely flawed and he will never be truly good!”
I’m really looking forward to the show on Friday! So what can people expect from Toad On The Road? “You can expect a journey. It’s not superficial, we talk about Neighbours and storylines and whatnot, but it’s really kind of the conduit for explaining character development, how we actually use structures to create families, and how we get audience to buy-in, and then manage and manipulate that audience buy-in as well. But on top of that, then it’s also about how the really emotional stuff. The beautiful thing is that when people come and see it, when they leave, they’re like, wow, I was not expecting that.
Q1. As a teen troublemaker Toadie tried to blackmail Lucy Robinson with nudie centrefolds in which fictional British porn magazine?
Q2. Toadie and Hannah Martin found buried treasure when Hannah’s dog dug up an old tin box. Name that dog! (It’s not Bouncer).
Q3. While living at the Kennedys with his surrogate parents Karl and Susan, Toadie had a turkey that was supposed to be dinner but became a beloved pet. Name that turkey!
Q4. In which nightclub did Toadie meet his future wife Dee?
Dick Morbey tells us about the enchanting West Wycombe Music Festival, 19th to 21st September, founded by international star (& Wycombe born & raised) musician Lawrence Power
West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival was established 13 years ago by Lawrence Power who is now recognised as a performer of the very highest calibre on the world stage.
Each September Lawrence returns to the area to direct and perform in this three-day music festival which offers audiences five attractively programmed concerts. He brings with him an array of top-flight musicians who join him to perform in this exclusive series of concerts.
The festival has firmly established its place as one of the key musical events in our locality. It was hailed by the Guardian newspaper as “One of the top ten classical music events of 2021”.
After last year’s success in Hambleden, where we received a very warm welcome from the community and our audiences, we are delighted to be returning to the village this year. The festival will take place from Thursday 19th to Saturday, 21st September.
Five concerts will be given, with an Enchanted theme, all in the beautiful 12th century Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hambledon, RG9 6RX, in the heart of one the most attractive villages in the Chiltern hills in Buckinghamshire. In addition to three evening concerts, there will also be a lunchtime concert on the Friday and a late morning concert on the Saturday. You can find full details of the five concerts and performances & book at westwycombemusic.org.uk and also follow the Facebook page. For further details, ticket sales and enquiries please email the festival organisers on [email protected] or you can call 01494 528659 or 07948 897148.
The West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival is an entirely non-profit concert series which aims to bring the very best of live music performance to the area, given by top calibre musicians. In current times this is increasingly costly, but thanks to the support of audiences and Friends of the Festival we are able to cover most, but not all of our costs.
We invite music-lovers to consider becoming a Friend. The Friends of the Festival are a thriving, friendly group who have offered great support for the festival for over a decade. Friends’ subscriptions and subsequent generous donations have been instrumental in supplementing the income we receive from our generously-priced concert tickets and enabling the continuance of the concert series.
For further info, ticket sales and enquiries please email the organisers by emailing [email protected] or call 01494 528659 or 07948 897148.
To mark its 180th anniversary the Old Ticket Office at Culham will open to the public as part of this year’s Heritage open Days on September 14th & 15th
This year Heritage Open Days celebrates Routes, Networks & Connections, and this will provide a rare opportunity to see inside an original Brunel designed broad gauge station building.
The old ticket office at Culham is one of the best preserved of Brunel’s characteristic and charmingly designed small country station buildings, and the only survivor of this particular Tudor Revival design.
The office is Grade II* listed and retains many of its original features including, large fireplace, glass ticket window, unique architectural details and original 1844 work tops. On display will be original signal box equipment, models of local coal wagons, and much more with some items of memorabilia on sale and many free souvenirs to take away including postcards, colouring sheets, tickets and our 32-page illustrated Discovery Trail booklet.
Keen model makers can also download free model sheets of the old ticket office from the website.
Come and explore inside the building and its surroundings using the Discovery Trail booklet, you may be surprised to see just how much there is to discover. See if you can find where a bullet ricocheted from the ticket counter when a passenger was shot in 1868!
The Old Ticket Office is on Platform 2, Culham Station OX14 3BT. Free parking is available both by the ticket office and on the opposite side of the tracks at The Railway Inn. The station will also be served by certain local buses and trains on Saturday.
From 23rd September to 13th October diners can enjoy the latest menu at Six by Nico Oxford, that will transport them to the hustle and bustle of Istanbul
Six by Nico, renowned for its innovative dining experience and ever-changing tasting menus, has announced its next destination menu, promising a true feast for food enthusiasts across the country. This time, Six by Nico invites diners seeking adventure to journey through the spice-laden streets of Istanbul and savour the rich, aromatic dishes inspired by the Turkish city’s iconic bazaars.
The Istanbul experience will be available from 23rd September to 13th October, offering diners a culinary journey where ancient traditions meet bold, modern flavours. This menu is designed to amaze, celebrating the richness of Turkish cuisine and embracing the culture at every turn. Diners will be transported to bustling bazaars and the vibrant streets of this captivating Turkish destination.
The menu includes the following:
Course One – Memories of Mikla Cucumber & Barbecue Lettuce Gaspacho, Lemon Verbena & Lor Cheese
Course Two – Chef Ahmet’s Pida Grilled Chicken Shish Pida, Sesame Flat Bread, Rose Harissa & Sumac
Course Three – Kibe Toasted Bulgar & Aged Beef, Smoked Black Garlic Ketchup & Cep Mushroom
Course Four – Fishing on Galata Köprüsü Seabass, White Bean, Fennel Jam, Preserved Lemon, Smoked Almond Foam
Course Five – Adana Lamb Kebap Cumin Belly Pressé, Ancient Grains Pilaf & Sweet Roasted Tomato
For an additional £7, food enthusiasts can add on Golden Peyniri, Crispy Filo, Lor Cheese, Acili Same Chutney to their fifth course.
Course Six – Spiced Date Cake Candy Walnut, Caramelised Pear & Sour Yogurt Sorbet
For £50, guests will be able to enjoy a taste of Istanbul, with a matching wine pairing from £38.
This tasting menu is a culinary journey through the heart of Istanbul, drawing deep inspiration from Turkey’s rich and diverse food traditions. It masterfully combines authentic Turkish flavours with modern techniques, paying homage to classic dishes while introducing contemporary twists. From the refreshing notes of gazpacho to the hearty essence of lamb kebap, each course reflects the vibrant and varied culinary heritage of Istanbul. This menu captures the essence of Turkish cuisine – bold, aromatic, and deeply rooted in regional traditions – while presenting it in a way that is both innovative and sophisticated.
Andrew Temple, Chief Creative Officer, commented on the new menu: “We’re excited to transport diners to the vibrant streets of Istanbul and bring authentic yet bold flavours from Southeastern Europe to cities around the UK and Ireland.”
Six by Nico caters to all dietary requirements, offering a full vegetarian menu for each new menu concept. Plus, customers can swap courses from the meat menu to the veggie alternative, if they wish.
The Great Barn Festival offers a perfect combination of events to keep adults, families and children of all ages entertained.
The Great Barn Festival is a family friendly event celebrating the best of music, theatre, art, and nature in an ancient rural setting.
Set in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside, the Great Barn in Coxwell was built over 700 years ago. It was a favourite of William Morris who would regularly bring his guests to wonder at its structure. Morris called it ‘unapproachable in its dignity’.
Music from the best home-grown talent and international musicians combines with some of the best local community groups and choirs. Take your seat for performances from Dan Sealey from Ocean Colour Scene and Merseyside hero Ian Prowse & Amsterdam.
Listen to storytellers and watch roaming performers throughout the day. Entertainment includes family performances of The Tempest and Robin Hood as well as the return of the Three Inch Fools with The Secret Diary of Henry VIII. Get involved in circus skills, a silent disco and craft in the Children’s Tent. There’s also pond dipping and barn tours to enjoy with The National Trust.
Tuck into some fabulous food with a cold drink and settle in to enjoy music or theatre set against one of the most impressive Festival backdrops around!
A Gate Pass which allows entry to the grounds for a whole day with non-stop action and if you want even more add separate ticketed performances to build your perfect event. A Friday Evening Gate Pass costs £6. Saturday Gate Pass costs £10 and a Sunday Evening Gate Pass costs £6 per person. Under 2s are free.
The Jordans Picture House team look forward to welcoming you back, with September’s super screenings: A Man Called Otto and Jojo Rabbit
Starring Tom Hanks; Marian Trevino & Rachel Keller and directed by Marc Forster, A Man Called Otto (15) will be screened at Jordans Picture House on Friday, 13th September. Doors open at the new time of 6.45pm and the programme start at 7.30pm.
Otto is a grump who has given up on life, following the loss of his wife. He’s ready to end it all but his plans are interrupted when a lively young family moves in next door and he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol. She challenges him to see life differently, leading to an unlikely friendship which turns his world around. This is a heart-warming and funny story about love, loss and life, showing that family can be found in the most unexpected places.
“This is the perfect vehicle for Tom Hanks and he makes the most of the opportunity,” says one IMDB user. “Well written and well-acted this is great entertainment moving seamlessly from comedy to drama and ultimately packs an emotional punch that makes it memorable and pushes it into one of the best movies of the year. A great reminder of why Tom Hanks has been at the top for so long.”
On Friday, 27th September, Jordans Picture House will screen Jojo Rabbit 12A (6.45pm for 7.30pm).
Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie & Scarlett Johannsen and directed by Taika Waititi, it tells the story of a young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country’s dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
“Jojo Rabbit demonstrates that there is hope, both for humanity and Hollywood,” says one reviewer. “The characters are charming and quirky, the dialogue clever and the plot wisely confines itself to telling an intensely personal story rather than one of the war itself. The young male star is perfect.”
Book your tickets now: £8pp or £5 under-15s. Visit Jordans Picture House, or call Gill on 01494 678050.
