Contrary to popular perceptions, only a minority of migrant sex workers in the UK feel they were trafficked into the sex industry, according to a recent study led by Dr. Nick Mai of the Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET) at London Metropolitan University.…FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOnly a minority of migrant sex workers are [...]
FERDINAND BRUCKNER’S 1929 play, an expressionist piece set in Vienna in the 1920s, could have easily veered towards the abstract, but director Katie Mitchell and translator Martin Crimp resisted temptation, and created a compelling, beautifully presented show.The play follows six medical students living in the afterglow of World War One and facing up to the [...]
There are many remedies for longing: marriage, sex, cynicism, discipline and death are just a few. And the strange wonder of Ferdinand Bruckner’s 1926 play, here given a dimly lit yet incandescent revival by Katie Mitchell, stems from its diagnosis of longing as the key to young adulthood.Bruckner’s story [...]
We never see London schoolgirl Fatima, whose decision to start wearing a hijab veil at the start of an academic year throws her 17-year-old classmates into confusion.Baring all, with a bit of bad language: The youthful cast of What Fatima DidGiven the subject matter, her invisibility is a neat theatrical device.Former good-time girl ‘Fatty’ has [...]
Attending two events in London last night, the former pop star showed off her curves in three very different outfits.Showing her fun side, the mother-of-two started her night out in a white showgirl-style mini-dress, blonde wig and Christian Louboutin peep-toe heels.Late night: Mel changed into floor-length satin to attend the midnight screening of This Is [...]
The award was set up by Private Eye and the Guardian in memory of Paul Foot, the campaigning journalist who died in 2004. The £5,000 first prize will be presented on Monday 2 November in London, with each of the runners-up receiving £1,000. Chairman of [...]
Friday, October 30, 2009Minister to repay £14,000 expensesMARK HENNESSY, London EditorFORMER LABOUR minister Tony McNulty, who claimed House of Commons expenses for a house in which his parents live in London, has been forced to apologise and ordered to repay nearly £14,000.Delivering a formal statement in the Commons yesterday, Mr McNulty, whose father emigrated to [...]
Teen Wolf (1985), An American Werewolf In London (1981), Fright Night (1985), Mr. Vampire (1985), Once Bitten (1985), Vamp (1986) and Love At First Bite (1979) were just some of the cocaine-fueled laughs at Universal monsters. Here’s a photo of Grace Jones at a vampire strip club, from Vamp.…Shaun Of The Dead, Planet Terror, Jennifer’s [...]
… Oct. 29, 2009) — Taped during rehearsals for the late Michael Jackson’s London comeback tour which was not to be, “This Is It” captures the essence of a Prince of Pop concert, only sans audience. In this regard, the movie actually allows for a much more intimate experience than one taped in front of [...]
… STATESMAN STAFFPublished: 10/29/09NAMPA – Rachele Bromley, who admitted letting a 40-year-old man fondle her 16-year-old daughter, will learn her fate Dec. 23.Bromley, 37, has not met the court’s requirements that she submit to psychosexual and presentence evaluations, but the judge decided not to punish her for that lapse because a change in the county’s [...]