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Courting Mr. Lincoln : did Joshua Speed really win his heart?
Much has been written about the special friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed. Louis Bayard’s novel is a fictional take, told from the views of Mary Todd and Speed. Since Lincoln and Speed almost always spoke to each other using surnames, I will do the same. Mary Todd relocated to Springfield, Illinois to live…
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Rocketman”s Taron Egerton sings Your Song
One of our very favorite clips from ROCKETMAN is not Taron Egerton being an outrageous Elton John, but when he is sitting down quietly at the piano composing ‘Your Song“. His rendition of what we think is Elton’s best song ever sends tingles down our spine. Check it out. The second video is…
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The Velma Celli Show: Cabaret Cougar Classes up Leicester Square
The Velma Celli Show ☆☆☆☆ The Piano Works West End If Marks & Spencer had the vision to add a side of drag cabaret to their Meal Deals you might just end up with something like the perfectly portioned Velma Celli at The Piano Works. It’s a mid week splurge of tastily done comfort…
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Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews the new London Production of AFTERGLOW
Afterglow ☆☆☆ Southwark Playhouse As press nights go, the one for Afterglow at The Southwark Playhouse was absolutely hyper. There was a palpable and undeniable buzz in the air, the bar was frenzied and the in-house photographer was manic at the step and repeat board. Graham Norton wafted by as we squeezed into the…
