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WATCHET, WILLITON AND QUANTOCK<br />
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<strong>February</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Issue 118<br />
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2 FEBRUARY <strong>2019</strong><br />
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HOME TUITION<br />
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www.mineheadliteraryfestival.org<br />
T: 01643 831343<br />
M: 07778 003530<br />
mineheadliteraryfestival@gmail.com<br />
As part of the Minehead Literary Festival, taking place on<br />
Saturday April 27 at the Methodist Hall, Minehead, a<br />
short story competition with separate classes for adults<br />
<strong>and</strong> children will be organised in advance of the festival.<br />
The children’s competition is organised by West<br />
Somerset Academies Trust <strong>and</strong> supported by the local<br />
creative writing group Café Write.<br />
Children aged between 5 <strong>and</strong> 9 years old are invited to<br />
write a short, illustrated story or poem of no more than<br />
250 words, entitled ‘The Magic Train’.<br />
Children aged 10 to 15 years old are invited to compose<br />
a short story or poem of up to 500 words with the theme<br />
‘The Day all the Teachers Disappeared’.<br />
The theme for adults (16+) is ‘Minehead: Gateway to<br />
Exmoor’ <strong>and</strong> this competition is run in collaboration with<br />
the creative writing group, Minehead Writers. Typewritten<br />
entries of no more than 500 words are invited<br />
from those aged 16 <strong>and</strong> over, <strong>and</strong> may be either prose or<br />
poetry.<br />
Only one entry for each competitor should be submitted,<br />
providing name, age (optional in the adult class) <strong>and</strong><br />
contact details on a separate sheet, to ensure judging<br />
anonymity.<br />
All children’s entries should be sent either by email to<br />
mineheadliteraryfestival@gmail.com or by post to West<br />
Somerset Academies Trust, Minehead Middle School,<br />
Ponsford Road, Minehead TA24 5RH (<strong>and</strong> marked<br />
‘Literary Competition’). Adult entries should be sent by<br />
email to mineheadliteraryfestival@gmail.com or by post<br />
to Literary Festival Competition, 2 Hillview Road,<br />
Minehead TA24 8EG.<br />
All entries must be received no later than March 31,<br />
<strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Winners will be announced at Minehead Literary Festival<br />
on the April 27 <strong>and</strong> winning entries will be published in<br />
the West Somerset Free Press <strong>and</strong> displayed in<br />
Minehead Library.<br />
For more information about the Minehead Literary Festival<br />
visit www.mineheadliteraryfestival.org<br />
or email mineheadliteraryfestival@gmail.com<br />
LEE ROAD, LYNTON EX35 6HW<br />
Booking/Enquiries: 01598 753397<br />
www.lyntoncinema.org.uk<br />
Adults £5.00 Senior Citizens £4.50 Children £3.00<br />
Please note films are subject to change<br />
Fri 1 Feb for 7 days at 8pm, Mat Mon 4 Feb at 2.30pm<br />
SAOIRSE RONAN, MARGOT ROBBIE<br />
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (2018)<br />
Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin<br />
Elizabeth 1, Queen of Engl<strong>and</strong>, finds her condemned<br />
to years of imprisonment before facing execution.<br />
15 125 minutes<br />
Fri 8 Feb for 7 days at 8pm<br />
Mats Mon 11 <strong>and</strong> Wed 13 Feb at 2.30pm<br />
OLIVIA COLMAN, EMMA STONE<br />
THE FAVOURITE (2018) A frail Queen Anne<br />
occupies the throne <strong>and</strong> her close friend Lady Sarah<br />
governs the country in her stead but when a new<br />
servant, Abigail, arrives her charm endears her to<br />
Sarah. 15 120 minutes<br />
Fri 15 Feb for 7 days at 8pm, Mat Mon 18 at 2.30pm<br />
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, FIONA SHAW<br />
COLETTE (2018) Colette is pushed by her<br />
husb<strong>and</strong> to write novels under his name but upon<br />
their success she fights to make her talents known.<br />
15 111 minutes<br />
Fri 15 Feb for 10 days at 2.30pm<br />
Except Fri 15 <strong>and</strong> Mon 18 Feb at 5.00pm only<br />
HALF TERM SPECIAL<br />
CATE BLANCHETT, GERARD BUTLER<br />
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON:<br />
THE HIDDEN WORLD (<strong>2019</strong>) When<br />
Hiccup discovers Toothless isn’t the only Night Fury<br />
he must seek ‘The Hidden World’.<br />
PG 104 minutes<br />
Fri 22 Feb for 7 days at 8pm, Mat Mon 25 at 2.30pm<br />
VIGGO MORTENSEN, MAHERSHALA ALI<br />
GREEN BOOK (2018) A working class<br />
Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an<br />
African-American classical pianist .<br />
12A 130 minutes<br />
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