Biographies of Shakespeare have always been problematic: so much to explain, so little information. Introducing his new book, Nine Lives of William Shakespeare, Graham Holderness, author of some 20 books on the Bard and an English professor at the University of Hertfordshire, in Hatfield, about 20 miles north of London, acknowledges the preferred solution. Every [...]
Alex Preston was born in 1979. He lives in London with his wife and two children. His first novel, This Bleeding City, was published in 2010. His second, The Revelations, is published this month by Faber and Faber. He also writes reviews for the Observer and the New Statesman and a regular panellist on the [...]
Theophilus London With Steven A. Clark at Grand Central, January 31…Later, London took over, showing his shortcomings in terms of singing and rapping talent. (He’s fairly mediocre at both.) However, he made up for this skill deficit with pure presence, whether dancing spastically during uptempo tracks like “Girls Girls $” or bringing a female fan [...]
The nearest thing we have in our city to an angel of the slums is Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder of children’s charity Kids Company, a 49-year-old Iranian-born woman of brightly coloured cloth to whom London’s lost or criminalised children turn when everyone else has failed them. She is chief witness to the capital’s underbelly. It [...]
Now Braff has turned his attention to the theatre, bringing his play, All New People, across the Atlantic in what is a daunting series of firsts: first play he’s ever written for the stage; first time he’s starred in his own play; first time he’s performed on stage in the UK (the play opens in [...]
This adaptation of Jennifer Worth’s memoirs about life as a midwife in 1950s east London has been a spectacular and instant hit, though it’s difficult to believe its success can be solely due to its graphic scenes of screaming, blood-drenched childbirth. And at 8pm on a Sunday, too.Nor is the show’s milieu of poverty-stricken tenements [...]
Museum: Rare coin may be Roman brothel tokenBy Associated Press pantagraph.com | Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:00 pm | Loading…LONDON — The Museum of London is displaying a coin found by the River Thames that may have been used nearly 2,000 years ago as a “brothel token” in Roman [...]
Worrying news from the Olympics: Prostitutes fear that trade may not be as good as hoped because killjoy officials are threatening to restrain trade and ban promotional activities.…Â Flying high: The aviator who is a good friend to fashion Growth Capital: How London’s entrepreneurs are bucking the economic gloom [...]
A guide book listing and rating hundreds of prostitutes working in London could be investigated by police.McCoy’s Guide to the Working Ladies of London lists the contact details, specialisms and charging policies of women allegedly working in the city as well as ranking them on a five-star scale.…The 63-year-old, who has also written a book called [...]
Call the Essex County Standard newsdesk with your news on 01206 508272 or e-mail us at ecs.news@nqe.comAnger at longer hours bid by lapdancing club8:00am Wednesday 1st February 2012 inPOLICE have been criticised for not opposing a bid by Colchester’s only lapdancing club to stay open until as late as 4am.Heaven Gentleman’s Club, in St [...]