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Galloping off to war: War Horse

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Galloping off to war: War Horse

A horse and a boy go to war. That’s the premise of Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 children’s bestseller War Horse.

Why we love to read and what our favourite authors enjoyed as children

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Why we love to read and what our favourite authors enjoyed as children
Festival review: Towers and Tales

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Festival review: Towers and Tales
Towers and Tales: Michael Morpurgo has a burning passion for stories

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Towers and Tales: Michael Morpurgo has a burning passion for stories
Book review: An Eagle in the Snow

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Book review: An Eagle in the Snow
War Horse canters in for run in the capital

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War Horse canters in for run in the capital
Puppetry and pageantry combine to bring Morpugo's War Horse to life
Puppetry and pageantry combine to bring Morpugo's War Horse to life

THE National Theatre’s staging of War Horse has been universally lauded as a thrilling, magnificent and moving epic.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2013

'War Horse' deeply moving

The casualties of war extend far beyond the terrible loss of human life.

Tue, 17 Jan, 2012

Biography of artist wins Whitbread Prize

THE second volume of a biography of Henri Matisse, which took 15 years to complete, tonight became the surprise winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year prize.

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