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ACT-UP protest the exorbitant cost of HIV drugs

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Naked protesters from Act Up London stormed the building of Gilead Sciences the other day to protest the exorbitant high cost of  the antiretroviral drug Truvada, that they produce and is used widely in the treatment of HIV. Spokesperson Dani Singer of ACT UP London said, “ Globally, more than two billion people do not have regular access to … Continue reading





Rufus Sings Shakespeare

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Just a few days to go until Rufus Wainwright’s fabulous new album is released as  April 22nd sees the launch of ‘Take All My Loves “  Wainwright’s homage to Shakespeare. Wainwright chose 9 of Shakespeare’s (154) sonnets  that inspired the tracks he  composed for a stage production that the avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson mounted for the Berliner … Continue reading



Award-winning British Comedian Victoria Wood dies

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The UK lost one of it’s much loved comedian/writers today with the untimely death today of the multi-talented Victoria Wood at the age of 62.  Since she burst on to British television in 1974 by winning the ATV talent show New Faces, Wood became one of the most popular award-winning comic performers of her generation.  Her … Continue reading



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