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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Alice's Day to transform Oxford into Wonderland this summer
There will be street theatre, talks, storytelling, and guided walks as Oxford celebrates Alice's Adventures in Wonderland this summer. The Story Museum has announced the return of Alice's Day, an annual event that transforms Oxford into a wonderland. Taking place on Saturday, July 5, this year's festival will follow the theme of 'Quests and Adventures'. Alice's Day will return to Oxford this July (Image: The Story Museum) Alice's Day will return to Oxford this July (Image: The Story Museum) In July 1862, Charles Dodgson took Alice Liddell and her sisters on a boating picnic up the River Thames from Folly Bridge in Oxford. To amuse the children, he told them a story about a little girl, sitting bored by a riverbank, who finds herself tumbling down a rabbit hole into a topsy-turvy world called Wonderland. Ten-year-old Alice asked Mr Dodgson to write the story down, and the result was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865 under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Visitors to Oxford will have the chance to see the Red Queen procession, a life-size pack of cards, and Alice herself chasing the White Rabbit, all performed by Curious Company. Other venues taking part include the Bodleian Libraries, Museum of Oxford, History of Science Museum, The Lewis Carroll Society, Oxford Water Walks, The Oxford Children's Book Group, and Alice's Shop. Alice's Day will return to Oxford this July (Image: The Story Museum) Alice's Day will return to Oxford this July (Image: The Story Museum) Christ Church, once home to Alice Liddell, will host croquet in the masters' garden in partnership with the Eynsham Croquet Club. It will also have a talk by Phillip Roberts about the Magic Lantern, a 19th-century storytelling device used by travelling entertainers. This event will include a performance of Lewis Carroll slides, recently acquired by Christ Church Library. The Story Museum will offer half-price entry to its interactive galleries, and visitors will have the chance to play Snarks and Riddles, a board game designed by the museum's young Story Curators. This life-size game is inspired by the story worlds of Lewis Carroll. Alice's Day will return to Oxford this July (Image: The Story Museum) Alice's Day will return to Oxford this July (Image: The Story Museum) The museum's magic common room will host the giant Wonderland afternoon tea, featuring cakes, sandwiches, and savouries made by the café team. Ameneh Enayat, The Story Museum's head of creative programme, said: "We are incredibly excited to reveal another unforgettable Alice's Day. "We are especially pleased to reveal the new interactive board game, made by our young Story Curators; a team of budding designers aged 11 to 16 working with The Story Museum to develop skills in immersive exhibitions in weekly after-school sessions during term time. "We are incredibly grateful to our partners who work so hard to make this day so special. "I can't think of many children's stories that have influenced art, fashion, food, and film the way that Alice has, and it's wonderful to think that it all originated here in Oxford."
New Indian Express
26-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Terror duo part of sleeper cell operation ‘Magic Lantern'
VIZIANAGARAM: The Vizianagaram II Town police, along with NIA (National Investigation Agency) and other Central agencies, reportedly extracted key information on the international links of terror suspects Siraj and Sameer during their third day of interrogation at the Police Training College (PTC) on Sunday. The suspects were allegedly part of a sleeper cell operation code-named 'Magic Lantern'. As part of Magic Lantern, Siraj and Sameer are believed to have conducted reconnaissance in Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and both Telugu States, targeting potential sites for bomb blasts. Investigators reportedly obtained details about two suspects believed to be handlers: A5 Abuthalem, also known as Abu Musab, based in Saudi Arabia, and A6 Imran Akram of Oman, including contact numbers, social media handles, and other credentials. The authorities have sent this information to Indian embassies in Saudi Arabia and Oman to trace the activities of the suspected terror network. According to officials, the NIA believes multiple handlers in Saudi Arabia played a significant role in radicalising Siraj, Sameer, and others across India to pursue jihadi activities, including plots involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The Hindu
25-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Siraj-Ur-Rehaman, Syed Sameer being grilled at Police Training College in Vizianagaram
As many as 15 officials of various wings such as National Investigation Agency, Anti Terrorists Squad, Counter Intelligence and other wings continued their investigation on Sunday (May 25, 2025) to know the names of masterminds behind the two accused persons Siraj-Ur-Rehaman and Syed Sameer, who had reportedly planned blasts in Vizianagaram and other soft targets in the State in the backdrop of India's counter attack on Pakistan after the killing of 26 tourists in the Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir on April 22, 2025. The accused are being grilled every day, ever since they were remanded into one week police custody, a couple of days ago, at the Police Training College in Vizianagaram. The officials who came from Chennai and other places are coordinating with one another and sharing the inputs provided by the two accused persons who were arrested one week ago and later taken into police custody with the permission of a court in Vizianagaram. As the court directed them not to adopt third degree methods during police custody, the senior cops are confining to a volley of questions. According to sources, the accused informed the officers that they used chat and contact with one another with the support of Magic Lantern and free-open source software, which allows sharing of raw video footage and pictures. The officials took the support of techies to retrieve the data and footage shared by them with others who stayed abroad. As part of maintaining absolute secrecy, the officials of the intelligence agencies have allowed only select local senior police officials during the interrogation at the PTC , which is currently under the control of National Investigation Agency. The regular employees of PTC are also not being allowed to enter the interrogation rooms. A senior team of doctors from Vizianagaram Government General Hospital checked the health of both the accused persons and said that their blood pressure and other health parameters were normal. NIA officials are expected to grill the family members of Siraj-Ur-Rehaman, a resident of Abad street of Vizianagaram. The locals particularly neighbours of Siraj's house are worried with the spread of news of his involvement in terrorist activities. Siraj later developed contact with Syed Sameer of Hyderabad and shared vital data with regard to terrorist plots. The cops have not allowed Siraj family members to withdraw the amount from a cooperative bank located near Fort junction. It was learnt that around ₹42 lakh is available in Siraj and his family members' accounts. The bank officials are not allowing the locker to be opened as soon as Siraj was taken into custody in the case.
BBC News
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Deal's Museum of the Moving Image reopens with new exhibits
A museum of moving images in Kent will reopen this weekend with new Museum of the Moving Image (Momi) in Deal will reopen for the summer season with additional new exhibitions about World War One in film and media, and Peeping and Projecting looking at peephole new exhibitions will include stills from the film The Battle of the Somme which are thought to have been shot in Jocelyn Marsh, curator of Momi, says visitors to the museum are "always taken aback" by the exhibitions. Prof Marsh said: "Cinema wasn't a virgin birth. It had many ancestors. The primary one was the Magic Lantern but there were also shadow puppets, the silhouette and even photographs."The Battle of the Somme, which is featured in the new exhibition, was the first film to recreate on screen dead bodies of British soldiers, a scene which proved controversial in 1916 when it was Marsh added: "Virtually every British adult saw it. There is a suggestion that these were [filmed] in practise trenches some of which were here outside Deal."You can't set up an 80lb (36kg) camera on a tripod and shoot the trenches for real because you would be dead within seconds."An existing display of film posters at the museum which advertises the Ealing Studios output was recently added to by the daughter of artist S John revealed that he had lived in Deal's Water Street for 40 years and his paint-stained apron and brushes are on loan to the museum, alongside posters from some of the studio's most well-know museum was opened in April 2018 by Prof Marsh and David Francis, who helped create the original Momi in London.
