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MOVIE CHOICE: BROOKLYN
This awards-friendly adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s acclaimed novel can at times feel like your mum’s new favourite film – but not every film needs a decapitation, right? Saoirse Ronan continues her ascent to the top of the acting game, here as a young Irish immigrant to Fifties guess-where, who becomes embroiled in a transatlantic love triangle. It's at times very Sunday-night – you’d be forgiven for expecting the cast of Call The Midwife to wander through the background – but there’s a marked lack of sentimentality about the Irish culture of exile that is refreshing, and the two suitors (Emory Cohen and Domhnall Gleeson) are superb. However, it’s squarely Ronan’s show, and she makes booking a place on the A-list look easy. Times & Trailer
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TOWERING BRUMHAUS
Our chums at Brumhaus, creators of a raft of Bauhausian nods to our beautifully aberrant city, have struck design gold again with their take on Alpha Tower. The striking print (for nerd points read how they make them here) comes either framed (£67) or unframed (£18.70), as a canvas print (£50.40) or even as a phone case (£20). It represents the fourteenth piece of art since Brumhaus's inception in November of last year and you can buy the piece and any of the previous 13, here. "Alpha Tower is one of Brum's best examples of modernist architecture," said Alex Edwards, the man behind Brumhaus. "Unlike the Central Library it's Grade II listed and here to stay. We thought we should celebrate that."
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