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Student living costs ignored by Labour

Labour have announced plans to cut tuition fees from £9,000 a year to £6,000, the funding for this coming from reducing tax relief for the highest earners. Ed Miliband has…

Doherty’s ‘crucifixion’ is not blasphemous

Pete Doherty has sparked a new controversy lately after a life size sculpture of himself crucified on a cross was unveiled in St. Marylebone church in London. The statue called…

Romeo and Juliet

French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet as presented by Leeds-based touring company Northern Ballet, transplants Shakespeare’s oft-told tale of star-crossed lovers in a minimalistic, dystopian dreamspace saturated…

Fleabag

What does it mean to be a 21st century, sexually liberated woman? Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag – the unnamed protagonist of her prolonged monologue, Fleabag – might come close to it.…

My Dear Bessie: A Love Story in Letters

Simon Garfield delights in informing his readers that My Dear Bessie has been published in response to “what I can genuinely claim to be popular demand”. My Dear Bessie, a…

The Two Roberts: Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde

It is impossible to tell if Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde had any inclination, upon meeting in 1933, of the importance that this encounter would have on the face of…

ROYGBIV: Divorcing Real Witches

It’s that time of the year again when we get to announce the forerunners for that very prestigious literary award. No, I’m not talking about the Man Booker Prize, nor…

Fictional Fix-Ups: Scarlett O’Hara meets James Bond

Tired and despondent of meddling in the love lives of others, head Fixer-Upper of Fictional Fix-Ups Dating Agency, Fiona Grew, lobbed her resignation notice at her boss’ head last week.…