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‘Beautifully we may rot’: ‘Madame La Mort’ in review

In a small, black-painted room on the top floor of a pub in Islington, known as The Hope Theatre, Madame La Mort was staged for the public for the first time.

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Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize

This Christmas vac, I made up my mind to get out of my reading slump using the Booker Prize shortlist, revealing toxic masculinity as a key theme.

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In defence of the theatrical release

If film, like all art, nourishes itself on its own œuvre, I don’t think we can afford to sever the association between the cinema and the film.

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Falling out of Louvre

In spite of recent events, the expected heightened security was nowhere evident.

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‘Beautifully we may rot’: ‘Madame La Mort’ in review

Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize

In defence of the theatrical release

Falling out of Louvre

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