• Natural Landscape

    ‘Afterlife’ does justice to the ‘Ghostbusters’ legacy

    This is more like it. After decades of waiting for a new film that continues the story of the iconic characters of the classic “Ghostbusters” movies, we finally get a new chapter in that story in “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” It introduces well-written new characters with realistic, convincing relationship issues. Best of all, it’s an emotional story about family and legacy that also serves as a fitting tribute to the classic film series. “Afterlife” finds Callie (Carrie Coon) and her children, Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), relocating to a creepy old house outside Summerville, Oklahoma. The property is full of gear and research performed by Callie’s father. As Phoebe and…

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  • Art Home Design

    House of the spirits: the magical afterlife of No 43

    When Lisa Jones was invited to view a property for sale on her leafy east London street last autumn, little could have prepared her for what lay behind its pale-pink façade. Known as No 43, the former Hackney home of Ron Hitchins – the abstract sculptor, ceramicist, barrow-boy, one-time tailor and accomplished flamenco dancer – is a testament to a rich and colourful life that reveals itself room by glorious room. Over the course of close to 70 years, until his death aged 93 in 2019, Hitchins transformed the semi-detached Victorian villa into a living work of art. Ruby Kean (left) and Lisa Jones, founders of Atelier LK, in the…

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