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Theater Review: The Tragedy of Master Arden of Faversham at the White Bear in South London
You might bill it, News of the World-style: True Crime! Hideous Murder! Unfaithful Wife! I can see the handbill on a Fortune Theatre post now.
Read More »CD/DVD Review: Palm World Voices – Mandela
If you ever wondered about Nelson Mandela, after this material that will no longer be an unanswered question.
Read More »Canadian Politics: The Lie That Is Afghanistan
Afghanistan is not worth dying for and anyone saying otherwise is lying.
Read More »Israel And Palestine: Mapping The History
Grey, not black, and not white, is the predominant colour of history.
Read More »Oak Trees: A Link To The Past
The oak tree is a symbol of strength and endurance.
Read More »Theater Review: Mariana Pineda at the Arcola (east London)
The play’s passionate extravagences are here given full rein; there's much flinging of arms, much being swept into a loved-one's arms.
Read More »A History Of Abuse
If we had set up a Petri dish in a laboratory we couldn't have created conditions any more ideal to create abusers.
Read More »Book Review: The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save it From Itself by Lawrence E. Harrison
I was sadly reminded of the general inefficacy of, in particular, US aid.
Read More »Theater Review: Spring Awakening at the Union Theatre, Southwark
If there's one single lesson from the play it is that Philip Larkin wasn't saying anything new about parents and children.
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