Bloom-ing marvellous
The title, In Bloom, refers to two fourteen-year-old girls struggling to forge their own identities in Tbilisi, Georgia as the newly independent country’s 1992 civil war is mirrored by the girls’ turb ...
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Robert Tanitch reviews books on Shakespeare, Charles III and Gielgud
SHAKESPEARE IN 100 OBJECTS (Nick Hern Books £19.99). The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a wonderful and fascinating collection of material related to performances of Shakespeare’s plays: pa ...
Paula’s Wines of the Week starting 6 may 2014
Mix yourself a Rum and Coke cocktail using a dash of dark rum and a classic cola then watch a harmless frothy scum form around the added ice cubes. Then mix another Rum and Coke but using pale rum (Ba ...
Tribute to South Africa’s first black president
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (Video Vision Entertainment). 27 years in prison. “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew ...