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EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
A feminist art of Persuasion
PAUL FOLEY sees an updated version of Jane Austen’s classic novel which challenges sexist attitudes towards women today
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Persuasion at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
ANNE ELLIOTT, at the age of 27, is approaching the “years of danger.”
Having rejected a marriage proposal from the dashing but penniless naval officer Frederick Wentworth eight years earlier, she is rapidly facing the prospect of being left on the shelf.
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