This would be one amazing find, as The Last Battle is my favorite book in the series. A first edition of the book has been discovered by a pair of charity bookshop volunteers. Christine and Robert Williams were sorting through a delivery of donations to the National Trust’s second-hand bookshop at Mottisfont and came across a copy of the book. Small, hardcovered, complete with a beautifully illustrated dust jacket. The book was published in 1956 and could be worth as much as £1,000.
Anna Popplewell has updated her page on JustGiving.com, writing about how she did. At the time of this writing, she had set a goal of 4,000.00, and by race time, had reached 4,660.00. The money is going to the charity Shelter, which helps the homeless. Read the rest of this entry »
| April 26, 2009 |
Anna Popplewell is one extremely intelligent girl. Meeting her in New York last year was pretty intimidating, even though I’m a bit older than she is. And now she’s doing her part to raise money for a good cause. She writes:
I am not athletic! However, I am going to attempt to be athletic on 26th April 2009 and run the London marathon in order to raise money for an extremely worthy cause. Shelter is a brilliant charity that targets homelessness in the UK and, particularly homelessness amongst children. One in seven children in Britain are either homeless or living in either overcrowded or poor conditions, and nearly 1.7 million households are on waiting lists for a social rented home.
Film premieres in London have long been the exclusive preserve of studio executives and their guests, the 1,600 chosen few who could cram into the capital’s largest cinema, the Odeon Leicester Square. Now a Hollywood studio is throwing open its doors to the public, enabling as many as 10,000 fans to walk up the red carpet at the biggest movie premiere in Britain.
Walt Disney Pictures is turning the O2 arena in Greenwich into what it describes as “the largest cinema in history” for its latest blockbuster, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
Not so long ago the O2 was the much-mocked Millennium Dome, a vast empty shell on a desolate peninsula in East London. Now it has become the nation’s most popular music entertainment venue, attracting artists including the Eagles, Kylie Minogue, Led Zeppelin and Céline Dion.
If Disney’s premiere on June 19 – before the film’s general release on June 26 – is a success, the O2 could become a regular movie venue. The arena has been specially adapted with a delayed surround system to offer an “unparalleled audio-visual experience”, the organisers said.
For £12.50 a ticket, the public will be able to join the film’s cast, including Ben Barnes, the young British actor who plays Prince Caspian, and Liam Neeson, the Oscar-nominated Irish star who voices Aslan the lion, as well as the director Andrew Adamson, who also made the Oscar-winning Shrek.
Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, for whose redevelopment appeal Disney is raising millions of pounds.
Make Your Fantasy a Reality when you Win this Set Visit to “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader“! Winner will get dressed in full Make-up and Costume from the Movie for Photos with the Cast! 4-Nights Hotel Accommodation Included!
Parents – You can literally make your kid’s dreams come true with this “Chronicles of Narnia” Package!
The Winner will receive the following:
*Set visit during the production of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (Date and Place TBD – Although it will likely be filmed in Australia or New Zealand) (Up to 4 People will have access to Set)
*The opportunity for the Winner to be dressed in full make-up and costume from the movie for photos with the cast!
*Lunch with the cast and crew!
*Four nights hotel accommodation, ground transportation to/from the set (For up to 4 People)
Please see terms of auction
All incremental costs (airfare to location, etc.) are incurred by the winner.
Make Your Fantasy a Reality when you Win this Set Visit to “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader“! Winner will get dressed in full Make-up and Costume from the Movie for Photos with the Cast! 4-Nights Hotel Accommodation Included!
Parents – You can literally make your kid’s dreams come true with this “Chronicles of Narnia” Package!
The Winner will receive the following:
*Set visit during the production of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (Date and Place TBD – Although it will likely be filmed in Australia or New Zealand) (Up to 4 People will have access to Set)
*The opportunity for the Winner to be dressed in full make-up and costume from the movie for photos with the cast!
*Lunch with the cast and crew!
*Four nights hotel accommodation, ground transportation to/from the set (For up to 4 People)
Please see terms of auction
All incremental costs (airfare to location, etc.) are incurred by the winner.
Would you like the White Witch to read you a bedtime story?
That is what Tilda Swinton is offering in a celebrity charity auction for the Macmillan Cancer Support. Swinton has offered to read one lucky child from London or Scotland a bedtime story of their choice.
Bidding takes place in an exclusive auction at the Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show on Saturday. Also up for bidding are the biker jacket Ewan McGregor wore during the documentary The Long Way Round, and a lunch hosted by Comedian Harry Enfield.
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