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Monday 20 May 2024
20/05/2024

David Almond

Review: A Song for Ella Grey

And so it begins… a story which transports a group of school friends from the stressful grind of A level revision into a whirl of mystery and mythology. It’s the second adaptation of David Almond’s novel A Song for Ella Grey to open at Northern Stage and easily the most ambitious. The first, with a …

Wedded to words… and each other

David Almond and Julia Green have lived on their quiet Tynemouth street since November 2022 and if ever a place could be called a house of stories it’s surely theirs. Bookending the upstairs landing are studies — one each, with desk, writerly paraphernalia and personal flourishes. Julia’s has a bookcase with David’s published titles and …

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