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The Independent: ‘Young people have an amazing sense of humour, because the world is ridiculous’: How Rocks is revolutionising British cinema
The Independent: ‘Young people have an amazing sense of humour, because the world is ridiculous’: How Rocks is revolutionising British cinema

First came ‘Attack the Block’; now two new releases are redrawing how we see young inner-city kids on screen. The directors tell Beth Webb why it’s time to see teenagers differently.

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Arts, Family, Film, Interview, Media ArticleSarah NorrisLando EducationAttack the Block, Rocks, Perfect 10, films, teenagers, sense of humour, Directors, cinema, friendship, east-London teenagers, Shane Meadows, Andrea Arnold, British cinema, American Honey, Sarah Gavron, British-Nigerian, Joe Cornish, Eva Riley, BrightonComment
The Times: Brighton girl, 7, climbs the Alps on her holidays
The Times: Brighton girl, 7, climbs the Alps on her holidays

As the youngest person to climb Kilimanjaro, seven-year-old Ashleen Mandrick may have earned a break but during the summer holidays she just carried on climbing, this time up the Alps.

Last month the British schoolgirl ascended 4,400 metres to the Colle del Parrot on Monte Rosa, located on Italy’s border with Switzerland, becoming what is thought to be the youngest person to climb the Alps’ second-highest mountain. She was joined on the adventure by her brother Nicolas, 12, and her mother Victoria, 46, a doctor.

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Education, Environment, Family, Holiday Activity, Languages, Lockdown, Media Article, PandemicSarah NorrisLando EducationBrighton, The Times, media article, Monte Rosa, italy, Switzerland, Alps, Mountain, climbing, holiday, rocky terrain, crevasses, Mont blanc, Matterhorn, Mount Elbrus, Caucasus, galciar, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, EverestComment