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Review: The Shawshank Redemption at the Liverpool Playhouse ****
Those of us of a certain vintage will remember going to see The Shawshank Redemption on the big screen back in 1994. Frank Darabont’s cinematic retelling of Stephen King’s novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption was a real gut-punch of a watch, and it was its misfortune that when it came to Oscar time – where it was nominated for seven awards – it found itself up against the twin juggernauts of Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction. Three decades on, much of that gut-punch is
National Museums Liverpool marks 40th anniversary with a new exhibition
National Museums Liverpool is marking its 40th anniversary with an exhibition which showcases some of its most loved and important treasures from across its many venues. NML at 40 runs at the World Museum from Good Friday, April 3 to February 2027 and is free. Visitors will be able to ‘dig, dive and delve’ into some of the vast and nationally important collections which are held by the network of venues, the only national museums group in England outside London. The 40 object
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