It was his emotional investment which made generations unquestioningly sympathise with the film’s privileged family fallen on hard times – a standby of middle-class children’s literature revived as ...
This winsome reboot of a British children’s classic, directed by Morgan Matthews, also addresses racial segregation in the armed forces during World War II. By Nicolas Rapold When you purchase a ...
Morgan Matthews' gentle, likable follow-up to the beloved 1970 family film 'The Railway Children' updates the original's Edwardian narrative, but only as far as 1944. Even upon its release 52 years ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It cannot be often that a composer writes an opera for children which uses longer words from the vocabulary ...