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The official, personal website of Alexander Gordon Smith, author of The INVENTORS, ESCAPE FROM FURNACE, The FURY and The DEVIL'S ENGINE

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The Misleading Ending of Whiplash

Rate a trailer yourself... | British Board of Film Classification

Dracula, 1931 - Don't look in the mirror

A Level English Literature Reading Record

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Attack the Block revision 2

Farrand on Film: GCSE Film Studies, Component 1: US Films

Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

The Lost Boys opening

The Wave - Wenger

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June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Change of Head of Year 7

Summer 2026 Examinations

New Wolsey Youth Theatre applications are now open for September 2026

Open afternoons

Parking - Hartismere Hospital

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

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