Age of role reversal
Forty-nine is the age at which most Brits find the ‘roles of care’ are reversed and they start looking after their parents, according to new research. From helping out with the shopping to doing odd j ...
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Racism in London, New York and Paris
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVD releases POOL OF LONDON (StudioCanal). In 1951 Basil Dearden followed up The Blue Lamp with another crime story with strong London locations, this time Dockland ...
Songs, sequins and cancer! Give me back my life!
Robert Tanitch reviews A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer at National Theatre/ Dorfman. Bryony Kimmings wants audiences to confront cancer in a positive way and without the usual clichés. But at ...
Books and so much more
It seems that libraries and their provision are seldom out of the news. A large percentage of our free Mature Times newspapers are distributed through libraries and we are aware that their opening hou ...