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Lizzy Dening

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Lizzy Dening writes mostly about film, running, women's issues and pop culture

August 2022

  • Tim Burton’s Superman Lives with Nicolas Cage will never be seen.

    Forget Batgirl, where’s Superman Lives? The inside stories of Hollywood’s biggest abandoned films

    Eliot Ness hunts a killer, Nicolas Cage plays the Man of Steel and Marilyn Monroe is The Girl in Pink Tights in films that were never released. A writer, a producer and a film expert tell the movies’ hidden histories

January 2020

  • Top row, from left: calathea pinstripe at specialist @thesill; poppies by designer @cultivatedbychristin; monstera, @thesil. Bottom row: display by grower @wolveslaneflowercompany; @kewgardens; Smithiantha ‘Extra Sassy’ by journalist @j.l.perrone.

    Grow your likes: the unstoppable rise of the Insta plant

    They’re green, photogenic and social media stars

May 2019

  • movie animal trainers

    'Make sure they don't eat the set!' Movie animal trainers' tips

    From Wonder Woman’s goats to a rat in a spacesuit and millipedes who starred with Malkovich, cinema’s creature teachers share their stories

November 2018

  • Illustration of two women nurturing plants

    Swipe right for succulents: gardening in the age of Instagram

    How to get the most out of propagation parties and #plantspiration

March 2018

  • Becky Young, founder of the Anti Diet Riot Club.

    Shortcuts
    Anti Diet Riot Club: the body-positivity meetings taking on ‘diet culture’

    From life drawing to yoga for all sizes, new monthly meetups are taking the ‘BoPo’ movement off the web and into the real world

February 2018

  • Stunning night at Malham in North Yorkshire, with lots of stars and the Milky Way.

    Starry, starry nights: dark skies festival in North Yorkshire

    The UK’s Dark Skies Festival begins today, offering stargazing in the best light – real dark. Our writer spies the heavens in North Yorkshire

January 2018

  • 2017, THE POST<br>TOM HANKS, MERYL STREEP, PHILIP CASNOFF, DAVID CROSS, TRACY LETTS, BRADLEY WHITFORD, JESSIE MUELLER &amp; CARRIE COON Character(s): Ben Bradlee, Kay Graham, Chalmers Roberts, Phil Geyelin, Paul Ignatius, Fritz Beebe, Judith Martin, Meg Greenfield Film 'THE POST' (2017) Directed By STEVEN SPIELBERG 22 December 2017 SAV84888 Allstar/DREAMWORKS **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of DREAMWORKS and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To DREAMWORKS is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Film blog
    Breaking news: why does Hollywood gloss over the world of magazine journalism?

    While Steven Spielberg’s drama again venerates the men who report the news, cinema still portrays magazine offices as the realm of shallow, shameful women

September 2017

  • 1997, SPICE WORLD<br>NAOKO MORI, MELANIE BROWN, EMMA BUNTON, MELANIE CHISHOLM, VICTORIA ADAMS &amp; GERI HALLIWELL Character(s): Nicola,Melanie B - Scary Spice,Emma - Baby Spice,Melanie C - Sporty Spice, &amp; Geri - Ginger Spice (as Geraldine Halliwell) Film 'SPICE WORLD; SPICE WORLD: THE MOVIE; SPICEWORLD' (1997) Directed By BOB SPIERS 15 December 1997 SSI34951 Allstar/SPICE PRODUCTIONS (UK 1997) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of SPICE PRODUCTIONS and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To SPICE PRODUCTIONS is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Film blog
    Spice World: the feminist movie? When girl power hit the big screen

  • Moomins and Oxfam

    The Moomins: Tove Jansson’s feminist legacy

March 2017

  • Landscape shot of bioluminescence in Jersey, caused by Caulleriella bioculata glowworms.Caulleriella bioculata

    Bright sparks: why Jersey's dazzling glowworms are a secret worth searching out

    Jersey’s beaches can be lit by the amazing bioluminescence of glowworms, though their beauty remains a secret to many tourists, and islanders. A walking tour hopes to give more exposure to this natural wonder

January 2013

  • Country Diary : St Nicholas Chapel near Coggeshall in Essex

    Country diary
    The water babbles like a room of people

    Country diary: Coggeshall, Essex: A lichen-flecked sign says we're on the Essex Way, and we follow the Harwich direction

December 2012

  • Country Diary : Steggall Hide at Lackford Lakes, Suffolk Wildlife trust

    Country diary
    The lake is muted under the winter sun, like a faint watercolour painting

  • Country Diary : Frost at Marks Hall, Essex

    Country diary
    Ringside at a pheasant fight

November 2012

  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 premiere

    Film blog
    Twilight all-night marathon: mixing it with the Twihards until Breaking Dawn

    Last night, hordes of undead fans turned out to watch all five Twilight Saga films in a row. Would our intrepid reporter survive 10 hours with the Twihards?

October 2012

  • Zombie run

    Zombie games: run for your life

  • Country Diary : Logan's Meadow

    Country diary
    A tiny patch of peace so close to the city

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