August 2016
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Culture corner<br />
Top 5 books for the summer<br />
The Broadway Bookshop selects five books from its<br />
shelves to satisfy your summer reading needs.<br />
The Girls (Emma Cline)<br />
The tension mounts chillingly in<br />
this psychological thriller based<br />
on the 1969 Manson murders.<br />
Cline so perfectly recreates the<br />
atmosphere of that era it's hard<br />
to believe she is much too young<br />
to have been there.<br />
The Adventures of Prince Achmed<br />
What's on at the Museum of<br />
Childhood this summer<br />
The Essex Serpent (Sarah Perry)<br />
A wonderful book full of<br />
strange things imagined and<br />
real. Whether it be religion,<br />
science, love, desire, fear it's<br />
all here. Very well written, too.<br />
The world's oldest surviving animated film<br />
features in the Museum of Childhood's summer<br />
programme.<br />
The Adventures of Prince Achmed dates back to<br />
1926 and will be shown along with France's visual<br />
masterpiece Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998).<br />
Visitors can also take part in a craft activity and<br />
pick up a trail related to the films for the full<br />
experience, or just grab some popcorn from the<br />
café, sit back and enjoy the movies.<br />
It's £6.50 per person (under 3s free) and taking<br />
place on 3, 10, 24 and 31 <strong>August</strong>. Activities are at<br />
10am and screenings at 11am.<br />
From 6 <strong>August</strong> to 4 September there are drop-in<br />
sessions for all ages where you can create and<br />
collaborate with resident artists for free.<br />
And if you’re looking for something creative for<br />
the kids to do during the holidays, there are still<br />
places available on the second week of the artistled<br />
summer camp from 1-5 <strong>August</strong>.<br />
V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Rd, E2.<br />
For full details and to book a place on the summer<br />
camp go to: vam.ac.uk/moc/whats-on<br />
String Theory (David Foster Wallace)<br />
A clothbound collection of the<br />
kinetic writings on tennis by the<br />
great American author of Infinite<br />
Jest. What emerges in the course<br />
of these fast, playful, peformative<br />
pieces (on Federer, on the US<br />
Open, etc) is that the genius of the<br />
game is David Foster Wallace himself.<br />
Earthsea (Ursula Le Guin)<br />
There is much in the Earthsea<br />
stories for children and adults<br />
alike, from magic to thoughtprovoking<br />
Taoist philosophy.<br />
This newly re issued classic<br />
is the perfect collection for<br />
summer reading. Ages 9+.<br />
Under Earth, Under Water (Daniel<br />
and Aleksandra Mizielinski)<br />
Brilliantly detailed, fantastic<br />
illustrations, full of information<br />
and fun to read. Great for<br />
answering any questions about<br />
what goes on under the surface<br />
of what we can see. Ages 5+.<br />
The Broadway Bookshop, Broadway Market, E8.<br />
books@broadaybookshophackney.com<br />
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