Honeymoon ‘old up
An OAP couple with a combined age of 172 have tied the knot – but can’t go on honeymoon because of hospital appointments. Thomas Mensforth, 85, and Emily Stephenson, 87, first met half a c ...
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Had you been living in 1913 do you think you would have wanted women to have the vote?
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs SUFFRAGETTE (Pathe). The climax is a reconstruction of the 1913 Derby when Emily Davison stepped in front of King George V’s horse. The film, however concentrate ...
There are no half measures when staging Jean Genet….
Robert Tanitch reviews The Maids at Trafalgar Studio, London SW1. Jean Genet (1910-1986), delinquent, thief, poet, novelist, playwright, spent most of his life in reformatories and prison. The Maids, ...
A treat for all lovers of Charles Dickens’s novels
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs DICKENSIAN (BBC). The BBC has always done Charles Dickens proud. Tony Jordan’s 20 half-hour instalments re-imagine the iconic characters from Great Expectations, ...