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The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare.

A modern day retelling was put on at the Almedia Theatre in Angel, London in 2014. Directed by Rupert Goold.

"In a faraway palace, a wealthy heiress is looking for a husband. Back at home, a wealthy merchant is looking for a loan. Everyone’s out to make a killing; but everything comes at a price. Explosively relocated to Las Vegas, Shakespeare’s most controversial play makes its Almeida debut in a whirlwind of glitter, gambling and greenbacks."

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The phrase "In a Pickle" means to be in a challenging or difficult circumstance. It alludes to being as disoriented or mixed up as the vegetables that make up pickle. Originating in the 1600s, it is referenced most famously in Shakespeare's The Tempest in 1611,

ALONSO:

And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em? How camest thou in this pickle?

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Pickle Magazine is a publication produced in India, which focuses  on the Indian entertainment industry. The company objective is to 'project the prospects of value added growth for the Indian entertainment industry within and outside of India.' 

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Brine Pools are found on the bottom of the Ocean. Due to the high saline concentration, the brine is heavier than the surrounding ocean, forming lakes on the Ocean floor. The first was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico 650ft below the surface.

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Southport's "Lakeside Inn" is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest pub in Britain. Originally built in 1886 as part of the boat house, it is located alongside the Marine Lake measuring just 22ft by 16ft, with a license to hold only fifty people.

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The Lakeside Miniature railway was built in Southport in 1911. Running along the Marine lake on the sea front, it is representative of the many mini pleasure railways that appeared in the early 1900s. The two original locomotives that travelled the line were named 'King George" and "Princess Elizabeth."

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Slot car racing is a popular hobby whereby miniature motor vehicles are guided along a track and raced in competition with each other. Although the early models were powered by internal combustion engines, modern slot cars are powered with electricity using a hand controller. The first slot cars were designed and distributed by Lionel (USA) in 1912. The craze had reached Britain by the 1940s and in 1954 The Southport Model Engineering Society in the UK constructed an electric race course with a 6-lane layout which was almost 60 feet long- a ground breaking achievement. 

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During the Festival of Britain there were many exhibitions and events. The eccentrics corner was held in the Lion and Unicorn pavilion, where these wind driven motorcyclists goggles were first shown to the general public. The wind drives the motor which in turn enables the wipers to move. 

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Guinness were commissioned for the 1951 Festival of Britain to produce a clock for the Battersea Pleasure Gardens exhibition. It was designed by the firm of Lewitt-Him, and took five months to make. The clock stood 25 feet tall, including nine reversible electric motors and three synchronous clocks. Every fifteen minutes the well-known Guinness animals (used for the original advertisements) put on a show to entertain the adults and children. 

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HP sauce is the most common of the brown sauce brands. Created in 1895 by Frederick Gibson Garten, a grocer from Nottingham. Hp sause has a malt vinegar base, blended with tomatos, dates and tamarind extract. In 2007 a special Guinness HP sauce was released.

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Hewlett-Packard is a company which was known from the 1940s in to the 1960s for making electronic test equipment. HP is identified as the "producer of the world's first marketed mass-produced personal computer."

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"Worms" is a series of games originally created for the PC in 1995.

"You command a smallish army staffed with worms trained for various duties. Your object is to fight a war, and your goal is to be the last worm crawling..."

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Video gaming has become one of the more recent definitions of interactive cinema which relies on player interaction to both view and participate. Policenauts is a point and click adventure game which was created by Hideo Kojima in 1996. Kojima's games often take consist of cutscenes in order for the story line to unravel. 

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Secret Cinema is part of the Future Cinema company. An immersive cinematic experience that makes the participants feel part of the shown film. By using installations, prop and set design the audience feel transported into the world that is inhabited by the film. This image depicts the final scene in Bugsy Malone, with the splurge fight. 

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Vitascope Hall on Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana was the first storefront theatre dedicated exclusively to showing motion pictures, and was opened in 1896 by Walter Wainwright and William "Pop" Rock. The cost of admission was 10 cents, and for double the price you could look in to the booth and watch the projectionist, for a further 10 cents you could take away a framed piece of discarded film.

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The inside out hot dog was developed by Heston Blumenthal for his 2010 series Mission Impossible: Cineworld. In the programme Heston tries to make over cinema food. The hot dog has ketchup, mustard and gherkin inside, served with edible napkin.

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In 2005 Tim Kowalec built a HEMI-powered BBQ grill for the Chrysler contest- "what can you HEMI?" The grill featured a 7.5-liter V-8 HEMI engine and was congratulated for its ability to cook 240 hot dogs in 3 minutes.