From Wiki: An Education is a 2009 British coming-of-age drama film, based on a memoir of the same name by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby, and stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David, the charming con man who seduces her. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards in 2009 including Best Picture and Best Actress for Carey Mulligan.

Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. (taken from IMDb)

The recently renovated Petit Palais, situated near the prestigious Champs-Elysées, houses 1300 works from the antiquity through the early 20th century, featuring masterpieces by Courbet, Cezanne, Monet, and Delacroix. The exciting permanent collection is free for all visitors, while temporary exhibits explore exciting trends in modern art, photography and other mediums. (taken from www.goparis.about.com)

The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, named for the English botanist John Parkinson's herbal, Theatrum Botanicum (1640), is an open-air theater founded in Topanga Canyon, near Santa Monica, California by Will Geer in 1973. In the 1950s Will Geer was blacklisted for refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He had to sell his large Santa Monica home and move his family to a small plot in the canyon where they could grow their own produce. Geer's friend Woody...

This fashion store is the little sister to Zara and also owned by the Spanish parent company Inditex. Their stores can be found predominately in Spain (283) although they do have a world wide presence.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in Swedish: Män som hatar kvinnor – literally, men who hate women) is a crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson. It is the first book of the Millennium series trilogy, which, when published posthumously in 2005, became a best-seller in Europe and the United States.

A Film 4, Studio Canal (Lottery Funded) Directed and written by Joe Cornish and starring John Boyega as Moses.

The novel was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year. It was also chosen for CBC Radio's Canada Reads 2003, where it was championed by author Nancy Lee. The French translation, L'histoire de Pi, was chosen in the French version of the contest, Le combat des livres, where it was championed by Louise Forestier....

A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men. (taken from IMDb)

Director: Gela Babluani

Cast: Sam Riley, Jason Statham, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent, Ray Liotta, Alice Barrett, Gaby Hoffman (to name but a few)

As a teen, Irv worked in his father's ice cream store. During World War II, Burt was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and produced ice cream for his fellow troops. When the war was over, the two entrepreneurs were eager to...

We are one of the UK’s leading retailers, with over 21 million people visiting our stores each week. We offer stylish, high quality, great value clothing and home products, as well as outstanding quality foods, responsibly sourced from around 2,000 suppliers globally. We employ over 78,000 people in the UK and abroad, and have over 700 UK stores, plus an expanding international business.

We are the number one provider of womenswear and lingerie in the UK, and are rapidly growing our market share in menswear, kidswear and home, due in part to our growing online business. Overall, our clothing and homeware sales account for 49% of our business. The other 51% of our business is in food, where we sell everything from fresh produce and groceries, to partly-prepared meals and ready meals.

Now more than ever, we’re also known for our green credentials as a result of our five-year eco plan, Plan A, which will see us, amongst other things, become carbon neutral and send no waste to landfill by 2012.

With over $23 billion in revenues in 2011, more than 2,900 stores in six countries and over 168,000 Associates, we see ourselves as a global, off-price value retailer. TJX operates four major divisions: The Marmaxx Group (T.J. Maxx and Marshalls) and HomeGoods in the U.S.; TJX Canada (Winners, HomeSense, and Marshalls); and TJX Europe (T.K. Maxx and HomeSense).

Our off-price mission is to deliver a rapidly changing assortment of fashionable, quality, brand-name merchandise at prices that are 20%-60% less than department and specialty store regular prices, every day. Our great values and exciting treasure-hunt shopping experience appeal to a broad range of customers and we believe that our demographic reach is among the widest in retail. While we continue to expand our customer reach, our core target customer remains a middle- to upper-middle-income shopper who is fashion and value conscious and fits the same profile as a department or specialty store shopper.

Channel 4 News is committed to challenging expectations with stories that reveal and inspire, innovatively produced - with just a touch of mischief.

On seven nights a week and presented by Jon Snow since 1989, the programme reflects a commitment to:

Telling you what they don't want you to know

Asking the questions you want answered

Being in touch with your lives & what matters to you

Exposing injustice

Holding to account

Seeing it & showing it differently

Applying a healthy mix of scepticism, humour and mischief

Since its launch, the programme has been regularly awarded by the Royal Television Society, BAFTA, Broadcast, Amnesty International and One World Media for its home news stories, extensive foreign coverage and team of experienced presenters, editors, correspondents and reporters.

A passionate pursuit of the truth, a spotlight on injustice - News that's on your side.

Richard Bean’s award-winning play is a glorious celebration of British comedy: a unique, laugh-out-loud mix of satire, songs, slapstick and glittering one-liners.

Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall (Rufus Hound) becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe… but Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother… who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a job with one Stanley Stubbers. To prevent discovery Francis must...

Hard Rock Quartet based in Southend, Essex. Playing all original material.

Experience both in the UK and overseas shows, with main backline and new recordings on the way.

Excerpt from website: "Now, with this shiny new lineup, new killer material, the dedication and skill to get down and Get It On! This quartet of rockers have a lot to show for, playing multiple sets in London, Harlow and Southend within 5 months of their new beginnings. Last Superheroes are ready to rock your big-girl-panties right off you, all you've got to do is let them!"

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Each of the 63 bedrooms and suites at Thornton Hall have the atmosphere of an intimate hotel. Make your choice from our selection of different style of rooms each having its own character, many overlooking the hotel grounds.