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The Eagle has landed a triumph
MARIA DUARTE recommends a great biopic of all-time Olympic underdog Eddie Edwards
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Eddie the Eagle (PG)
Directed by
Dexter Fletcher
4/5
IT IS almost 30 years since Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards became a global heroic phenomenon at the Calgary winter Olympics as the epitome of the British bulldog spirit.
Though coming last in the 70m and 90m ski jumps, the former plasterer from Cheltenham won hearts and minds.
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