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Tom Brown’s School Days : Cynicism suspended for a term or two
TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS ☆☆☆ UNION THEATRE : LONDON As one old Etonian Prime Minister follows so many others in assuming leadership of the UK it is timely to see one of the classic stories that built the myth of a worthy elite pumped out by Britain’s rarified private school system. Inspired by the book Tom…
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Stephen Coy reviews CLEANLINESS by GARTH GREENWELL ‘one of best writers of his generation’
After his extraordinary debut novel, What Belongs to You, was published, I eagerly anticipated Garth Greenwell’s second novel. What Belongs to You was set in Sofia, Bulgaria and the main character taught literature at the American school The same setting frames the second novel. In neither is the narrator named and the characters are identified…
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All We’ve Got : a timely look at LGBTQ spaces for women
We are probably all aware of the shifting nature of spaces that the LGBTQ commmunity can call their own, but facing the harsh reality of actual facts is more than a rude wake up call. E.G, in the past decade in the US over 100 bars, bookstores, and community spaces where LGBTQ women gather have…
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British Armed Forces celebrate 20th Anniversary of lifting the ban on gay people in the Services
It’s a proud day in the UK today as the Armed Services are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the lifting of the ban on LGB people serving openly in the Military.. And they are rightly marking the occasion with a weekend long celebrations. In London the Ministry of Defence lit their building in rainbow…
