Nigel Simons has now found the meaning of ' a small degree' and thus chastened is about to join the wrong end of the uk job queue. From whence he will disport himself in a state of languor while scurrilously commenting upon the hard work produced from the heated brow of others. He is still the personification of the great Ken Tynan's quote "A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car" but is now looking for the keys anyway.
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Music Review: Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
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Theatre Review (Stratford-on-Avon): The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Company
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Theatre Review (Stratford-on-Avon): Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company
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Music Review: James McMurtry - Just Us Kids
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Movie Review: No Country For Old Men
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Theatre Review (Stratford On Avon, UK): Henry V
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The tragic decline and descent of Britain's most talented R&B singer of the last two decades says much about the music biz.
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