Book Review - The Lady in the Van By Alan Bennett

Based on a true story, The Lady in the Van is about a homeless old lady Miss Sheppard who in 1974 moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's driveway as a guest.

An eccentric and difficult old women, she stayed there for over 15 years much to the shock of the Bennett's. A funny and uplifting story which has also been made into a movie. Anne

Film Review - And so it goes By Director Rob Reiner

And so it goes stars Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton. Oren Little doesn't make it easy for people to like him, he is a difficult and an obnoxious realtor.

Hoping to sell his prized family home and retire in peace, everything is going to plan until his estranged son turns up with his granddaughter he has never met before to be looked after. He struggles at first and thanks to his kind and helpful neighbour Leah becomes a more loving and caring person. This is a funny and uplifting movie.
Anne

Film Review - The Theory of Everything By Director James Marsh

The Theory of Everything is based on the relationship between renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and his beautiful wife, Jane Wilde. Through their struggles and with Hawking's diagnosis at age 21, they defeat the odds. With Jane strongly supporting him he embarks on his most important work- the study of time.

This is an uplifting and beautiful love story and is based on the memoir' Travelling to Infinity : My life with Stephen' by Jane Hawking. Anne