Sknadar Keynes News Feed

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Fri, 09th OctR. PDT00ERE 00: 10: th

Skandar's father's book about Charles Darwin has been made into a feature film Creation and is now on release in the UK. The film directed by Jon Amiel opened the Toronto Film Festival and stars Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles and Emma Darwin.

http://www.creationthemovie.com/

Filming of Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Fri, 04th SepR. PDT00ERE 00: 09: th

The summer vacation was spent filming in Australia on the Gold Coast and after six weeks Skandar was lucky to get a Friday off so went to Sydney for a three-day break. The holiday was soon over as his teachers arrived from England and school has started again. At the same time filming of the boat at Cleveland Point has started and will last for three weeks. The boat is even more magical than in the pictures posted by fans on the internet so wait till you see the film!

Skandar supports connect2earth

Wed, 15th JulR. PDT00ERE 00: 07: th

Did you know that at least 10,000 species go extinct every year?

Would you like to know how biodiversity specifically contributes to your well-being? Skandar recommends that you visit www.connect2earth.org, the green online community from WWF and IUCN where you can currently converse directly with the top environmental experts on the species extinction crisis and share your ideas on the environment with other young people from all over the world.

By joining the connect2searth community, you also participate in an international youth competition and you could win a trip to be part of an official delegation to the United Nations climate negotations in Copenhagen later this year!

Skandar is urging you to go to www.connect2earth.org for your say in the future of our planet.

Darwin's Treasure Chest and The Great Plant Hunt

Wed, 25th MarR. PDT00ERE 00: 03: th

It can't have escaped your notice that 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. As a great-great-great grandson of Charles Darwin Skandar presented Darwin's Treasure Chest to William Tyndale Primary School in Islington, London. The Great Plant Hunt is a project funded and devised by the Wellcome Trust and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to jump-start an interest in plant-based science by distributing a Treasure Chest to every maintained primary school in the UK.

On 11 March Skandar stood before the assembled school and read the first chapter of Following in Darwin's Footsteps. This is one of the booklets in the chest which also contains fun stickers, magnifiers, a plant identikit, a plant press and a mini seed bank. The children are invited to take part in a unique experiment which will help Kew's scientists at the Millenium Seed Bank. The project is supported by online resources.

Charles Darwin was only twenty-two years-old when he set out on his journey on HMS Beagle in 1831. The hope is that the Great Plant Hunt will inspire you too to set out on a life-altering path of caring for the natural world.

The June Newsletter is now out. Make sure you check out the website and keep up with the latest news about the project at www.greatplanthunt.org

Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?

Wed, 25th MarR. PDT00ERE 00: 03: th

Skandar went to track down the Grey Wolf in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland as part of his work-shadowing with IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).

Go to the Wild Talk Radio Podcast at www.iucn.org/wildtalk to hear Skandar’s interview with wolf expert Jean-Marc Landry and Deputy Head of IUCN’s Species Programme, Jean-Christophe Viáº».

Puss and Boots

Mon, 16th FebR. PST00ERE 00: 02: th

Miss Peri Puss and Mr Fil Boots or Puss and Boots are now four years old. They are brother and sister and are devoted to each other. They have just had a weigh-in and they are now on a diet - reduced pellets and top-ups!

They are slowly loosing weight but not enough...Here is an old picture when they were still young and could fit together into the cat bed.

Welcome

Sat, 14th JunR. PDT00ERE 00: 06: th

Welcome to Skandar's new Official Website. We would like to say that this his only site and that he does not have a Youtube, MySpace or Facebook account .

Many thanks to all those fans who are writing to Skandar. In answer to your enthusiasm, we have just added some answers to questions some of you have asked. We will carry on adding any questions and answers that come up and which we feel you might be interested in. We will add to it as much as we can in order to satisfy your curiosity. For a start, make sure you click on the four and a half minute extended clip of Prince Caspian and you will see most of the parts of the film he talks about in his interview about the film.

Movieweb Skandar Keynes Interview

Fri, 13th JunR. PDT00ERE 00: 06: th

Skandar Keynes talks on camera about the Prince Caspian having more action and battle scenes

original post

www.movieweb.com/video/V08E8dhosxJKMN

Skandar and Anna talking about Prince Caspian

Thu, 12th JunR. PDT00ERE 00: 06: th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ktiAcSLUTM

ITV News Interview with Skandar

Mon, 26th MayR. PDT00ERE 00: 05: th