Cartoon controversy, dumb doctors, the joys of Valentine's Day, and why you should be careful about saying you're 'feeling down'.
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Theater Review: New Anatomies at the Cockpit Theatre
Born in Switzerland to a drunken anarchist father and an inept German mother, Isabelle Eberhardt grew up addicted to fantasies of the desert and Islam.
Read More »Theater Review: It’s A Girl
It is a long time since I've laughed so much in an hour as I did last night during the premiere at the White Bear Theatre.
Read More »The World’s New Women Leaders are Settling In Nicely
Since Germany, Liberia and Chile are enjoying the experience, could France and America be next?
Read More »A Visit to Benjamin Franklin’s House
Polly Hewson offers personal asides about Franklin - "he never eats beef; it makes his back itch" - as you drop in on the life of the house.
Read More »Theater Review: Taken In at the Barons Court
Marc wants to rescue rent boy Danny - to set his dysfunctional life in order, to get him writing to his Mum, to get him a "proper," safe job.
Read More »Theater Review: The Prince Among Men
A replay of the the American presidential election of 2000 is set in a posh boys' boarding school, where the contest is for the position of Head Boy.
Read More »Theater Review: Steam at the White Bear
A sport develops - the competitive telling of what Matt calls NQEs (Near Queer Experiences). For a homophobe, he’s oddly happy talking about gay sex.
Read More »Twenty-six 9/11s Every Year: The Toll of Man-made Law on Abortion
You might call it a gender war. The chief aggressors are George Bush and the Pope. For once, however, Tony Blair deserves to be congratulated.
Read More »Friday Femmes Fatales No 43 (Women bloggers)
From the critic's dilemma, to the case against soft drinks, to punk knitting ...
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