A study in suspense

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On the 80th anniversary of its cinema release, we look back at the film that

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The People's Friend Magazine

2 July 2025

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Macnab at 100

Richard Baker explores the origins of John Buchan's famous sporting novel with the help of Ursula Buchan, the author's granddaughter and biographer

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King that’s worth a swing

MOST STEPHEN KING STORIES HAVE HIT THE SCREEN. WE SELECT FOUR THAT HAVEN’T BUT SHOULD

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Keeping the holmes fires burning

The months leading up to the outbreak of World War Two saw 20th Century Fox release two new films starring Basil Rathbone as the great Baker Street detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as his l

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Point blank

JOHN BOORMAN AND LEE MARVIN’S HUGELY INFLUENTIAL NOIR THRILLER

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The great british kill-off

Clockwise from main: Sleuths Joyce (Celia Imrie), Ron ...

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Scandal in stockwell

SYLVIA Havilland did not know what would be in her grandmother’s will, but she had a good guess. Granny Havilland had been dead six months, but only now were her lawyers able to summon a small family

Trout & Salmon

Macnab at 100

Richard Baker explores the origins of John Buchan's famous sporting novel with the help of Ursula Buchan, the author's granddaughter and biographer

Empire

King that’s worth a swing

MOST STEPHEN KING STORIES HAVE HIT THE SCREEN. WE SELECT FOUR THAT HAVEN’T BUT SHOULD

Best of British

Keeping the holmes fires burning

Empire

Point blank

JOHN BOORMAN AND LEE MARVIN’S HUGELY INFLUENTIAL NOIR THRILLER

Empire