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The Illustrated Mum
''The Illustrated Mum'' is a children's novel by English author Jacqueline Wilson, first published by Transworld in 1999 with drawings by Nick Sharratt. Set in London, the first person narrative by a young girl, Dolphin, features her bipolar mother Marigold, nicknamed "the illustrated mum" because of her many tattoos. The title is a reference to '' The Illustrated Man'', a 1951 book of short stories by Ray Bradbury, also named for tattoos. Wilson and ''The Illustrated Mum'' won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, judged by a panel of British children's writers. By 2001 translations had been published in Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, and Catalan. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within Wikimedia project, sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by ''Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyslexia
Dyslexia (), previously known as word blindness, is a learning disability that affects either reading or writing. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one reads. Often these difficulties are first noticed at school. The difficulties are involuntary, and people with this disorder have a normal desire to learn. People with dyslexia have higher rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), developmental language disorders, and difficulties with numbers. Dyslexia is believed to be caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Some cases run in families. Dyslexia that develops due to a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or dementia is sometimes called "acquired dyslexia" or alexia. The underlying mechanisms of dyslexia result from differences within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa George
Lisa George (born 15 October 1970) is an English actress. She played the role of Beth Tinker in the ITV (TV channel), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2011 to 2024. In 2020, George competed in the Dancing on Ice (series 12), twelfth series of ''Dancing on Ice'', finishing in fifth place. Career ''Coronation Street'' In August 2011, she began portraying the role of Beth Tinker, the ex-girlfriend of Steve McDonald (Coronation Street), Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), in two episodes of ''Coronation Street''. She was later brought back as a regular cast member. For her role as Beth, George has been nominated as Best Newcomer in the 2012 annual TV Choice#Awards, ''TV Choice'' Awards. She stated she was "shocked and over the moon" to be nominated for the award. In December 2023, it was confirmed that George had quit her role as Beth after thirteen years, and would depart in Summer 2024. George also played the family liaison officer for the Harrises during 2005, after Katy k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Con O'Neill (actor)
Con O'Neill (born Robert O'Neill on 15 August 1966) is an English actor. He started his acting career at the Everyman Theatre and became primarily known for his performances in musicals. He received critical acclaim and won a Laurence Olivier Award in 1988 for his performance as Michael "Mickey" Johnstone in the musical '' Blood Brothers''. When the production was staged on Broadway in 1993, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for the same role. He has also appeared in many films and television series, including '' Chernobyl'', '' The Batman'' and '' Our Flag Means Death''. Early life O'Neill was born on 15 August 1966 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Aged one, O'Neill moved with his family to Parbold, growing up in the village of Up Holland, both near Wigan, in Lancashire. O'Neill was discouraged from being an actor at an early age; O'Neill told ''Northern Soul'': "My careers adviser at my school in Wigan, when I said I wanted to be an actor, told me no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's BAFTA
The British Academy Children's Awards were presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). They were awarded annually since 1996, before which time they were a part of the main British Academy Television Awards. Categories included those for television productions, feature films and video games. The final ceremony, the British Academy Children's Awards 2022, 25th British Academy Children's Awards, was held on 27 November 2022 at Old Billingsgate in London, and was hosted by television presenter Lindsey Russell. The ceremony marked the return of the awards after a three-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2023, BAFTA confirmed that the children's awards would be folded and incorporated into the annual British Academy Film Awards, film, British Academy Games Awards, games and television award ceremonies in 2025 with new categories introduced for children's content. History The awards were held for the first ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Friends (Wilson Novel)
''Best Friends'' is a children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson, first published in 2004. Plot Eleven-year-old girls Gemma Jackson and Alice Barlow have been best friends from birth, ever since they were born on the same day and in the same hospital. The two are polar opposites; Gemma is a tomboy who likes playing wild and exciting sports, while Alice is girly and loves ballet and the color pink. Despite their differences, the two girls spend almost every day together, and on their birthdays they always wish to stay friends forever. One day, Alice tells Gemma that she and her parents are moving far away to Scotland. Gemma and Alice are both devastated at the thought of being separated, but Alice's snobbish mother claims that Alice will make new friends when they move. Not wanting this, Alice suggests that she and Gemma run away in disguise - and do so during the leaving party on the day before the move. Gemma suggests they catch a train to London. On the way they are recognized and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Act (film)
''Double Act'' is a TV adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's best selling book, ''Double Act''. The telefilm was made in 2001 for Channel 4 and screened in 2002, starring Birmingham twins, Zoe and Chloe Tempest-Jones. It was directed by Cilla Ware. It was the last acting role of Charlotte Coleman before she died. The film won a Royal Television Society Programme Award for best children's drama in 2003. Production Filming took place in Moseley and Clun in Shropshire. One scene was shot at Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham. Plot Ruby and Garnet are identical twins, who once lived with their Dad and their Gran in Birmingham. Their mother, Opal died a few years earlier. They are happy together, but then Dad gets a new girlfriend, Rose. The twins and Gran hate her. Dad decides to make things worse for them when he loses his job. He sends Gran to a Senior Citizens' Home and takes his three girls to the country, to open a bookshop. The bookshop more or less fails. The twins make ene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Isitt
Debbie Isitt (born ) is an English comic writer, film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist and performer. Early life and education Isitt was born in Birmingham. She went to Our Lady of Fatima Primary School and Lordswood Girls Secondary School. Later, she studied a two-year course at Coventry University, graduating in 1985. Career Isitt is best known for her Christmas comedy films, the '' Nativity!'' series, of which she has written and directed four to date. Prior to that, she wrote BAFTA award-winning television adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's book, ''The Illustrated Mum'', the stage play '' The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband'', and the feature films ''Nasty Neighbours'' and ''Confetti''. Earlier in her career, just after her graduation, she joined the Cambridge Experimental Theatre company and toured Europe for a year performing Shakespeare. She then founded the Snarling Beasties company and spent the next 15 years writing, directing and performing in plays they took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Grainger
Holliday Clark Grainger (born 27 March 1988), also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles are Kate Beckett in the BAFTA award-winning children's series '' Roger and the Rottentrolls'', Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime series '' The Borgias'', Robin Ellacott in the ''Strike'' series, DI/DCI Rachel Carey in the Peacock/BBC One crime drama '' The Capture'', and Estella in Mike Newell's 2012 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel ''Great Expectations''. Early life Grainger was born in Didsbury, Manchester. Her maternal grandfather was Italian. Her first experience of acting was at the age of five when she was scouted for a BBC TV series. She appeared in many TV shows and independent films as a child actress. Grainger attended Parrs Wood High School from 1999 to 2006, and in 2007 began study for a degree in English literature at the University of Leeds. However, she eventually opted for the Open University. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Connor
Alice Rose Connor (born 2 August 1990) is a British actress, born in Buckinghamshire, England. She is best known for her roles in the television adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's novel ''The Illustrated Mum'', in the children's television series ''The New Worst Witch'' (a spin-off from ''The Worst Witch''), and in the film ''The Thief Lord'' as Hornet. She first started acting as herself in ''Fun Song Factory''. She also had a small part in the 2001 movie ''A Knight's Tale''. Alice Connor also starred in the programme ''My Spy Family'' as Elle Bannon, which was shown on Boomerang in the UK. She also attended the Misbourne School. She is the granddaughter of actor Kenneth Connor Kenneth Connor (6 June 1918 – 28 November 1993) was a British stage, film and broadcasting actor, who rose to national prominence with his appearances in the ''Carry On'' films. Early life Connor was born in Highbury, Islington, London, t .... She is currently the Artistic and Executive Direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Collins
Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1962) is a British actress. She is known for her role as Cindy Beale in the BBC soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ... ''EastEnders'' (1988–1990, 1992–1998, 2023–present), as well as appearing as Stella Price in ITV (TV network), ITV's ''Coronation Street'' (2011–2014). Her other notable television roles include the BBC dramas ''Real Women'' (1998–1999), ''Sunburn (TV series), Sunburn'' (1999–2000) and ''Two Thousand Acres of Sky'' (2001–2003). Early life and education Collins was born on 28 May 1962 at Hackney Hospital, Homerton High Street in Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, Hackney, East London, to a Welsh mother, Mary, and a father of English and Flemish heritage. Her Flemish grandfather was Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foster Care
Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home ( residential child care community or treatment centre), or private home of a state- certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state. The placement of a "foster child" is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency. The institution, group home, or foster parent is compensated for expenses unless with a family member. Any adult who has spent time in care can be described as a "care leaver", especially in European countries. The state, via the family court and child protective services agency, stand '' in loco parentis'' to the minor, making all legal decisions while the foster parent is responsible for the day-to-day care of the minor. Scholars and activists have expressed concerns about the efficacy of foster care services provided by non-government organisations. Specifically, this pertains to poor retention rates o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
