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Review: The Island at the End of the World by Sam Taylor

Three children - eight-year-old Finn, his elder sister Alice and younger sibling Daisy - are marooned on an island. They live in an "ark" built by their father Ben. Their mother, Mary, is apparently dead, having drowned saving Daisy's life on the ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  31 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Sam Taylor

Classics corner: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

It is the summer of 1955 and Frank and April Wheeler are living what to many at the time must have seemed the American dream: a spacious, suburban house, two cheerful, blond children, wholesome neighbours and, for Frank, a generously paid and ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  3 Jan 2009

Whistler has more than just skiing

Travel: When the snow melts, North America's top ski resort offers peaceful mountains. Edward Marriott's family go hiking, zipwiring and ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

Obituary: Ray Wyre

Ray Wyre, who has died from a stroke, aged 56, was one of the world's leading experts on sexual crime. He pioneered the treatment of sex offenders in residential therapy settings, believing that the potential for change existed within every criminal and, ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Robert Black

French movie star Sandrine Bonnaire explains why she has made a film about life with her autistic sister

French movie star Sandrine Bonnaire tells Edward Marriott why she has made a film about life with her autistic ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Sandrine Bonnaire,  Nicolas Sarkozy,  Xavier Bertrand,  William Hurt,  Daniel Auteuil

Edward Marriott travels to timeless Transylvania

Edward Marriott travels to Transylvania to report on a scheme that is breathing new life into rural communities and offering a unique insight into an ancient landscape and an unchanging way of ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  17 May 2008
Related Topics: Nicolae Ceausescu

In praise of new globetrotters

Thirty-five years ago, a young American novelist suggested to his publisher that he write a book about a train journey. Paul Theroux, none of whose previous books had sold in any quantity, was given an advance of $7,500 - his first ever - and set off ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, The Observer,  29 Mar 2008
Related Topics: William Dalrymple,  Thomas Cook,  Paul Theroux,  Evelyn Waugh,  Bruce Chatwin

A cold coming

Ice Land by Betsy Tobin Short Books, £12.99 At the centre of the story, as it plays out across the endless glaciated terrain, rendered bleakly beautiful by Tobin's elegant, understated prose, are two powerful female characters: Freya, the Norse ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, The Observer,  16 Mar 2008

How I finally met my neighbours - on TV

In the street where I live - an ordinary suburban street in one of the less salubrious parts of west London - there also lives a documentary maker. London being London, and me being me, I've only run into her once, but now, thanks to her Cutting Edge ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Cherie Blair,  Margaret Thatcher

The return of the young master

Ten years ago, a collection of short stories was published that made its author, a near-penniless and hitherto unknown young Dominican-American, into an overnight sensation. His name was Junot Díaz and the book, Drown, propelled him from a life spent ...

From EDWARD MARRIOTT, The Observer,  10 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Enid Blyton,  Toni Morrison,  Stephen King,  Salman Rushdie,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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