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Fings aint wot they used t’be

Fings aint wot they used t’be

Robert Tanitch review Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T‘Be at Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London E15 They certainly ain’t. I sat there, thinking this isn’t the show I remember. The cockney underworld mus ...
It’s never easy with A Touch of Sin

It’s never easy with A Touch of Sin

As with all the arts, the history of cinema is a pattern of imitation, saturation, and reaction.  Few films show this more clearly than 44-year-old Jia Zhangke’s incisive and ambitious, but uneven and ...
Morris minor

Morris minor

An adorable three-year-old who became besotted with ancient folk tradition has become Britain’s youngest – MORRIS DANCER. Little Harrison Brown goes out with his local team of dancers when ...
I have been better entertained

I have been better entertained

Robert Tanitch reviews Waiting for Godot at Arcola, London E8 “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness,” said Samuel Beckett, “it is the most comical thing in the world.” Vladimir and Estragon have been b ...