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• Contemporary Classical Culture Feminism London London Streets Opera Power

  The Women of Whitechapel at the ENO review *****

  Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel English National Opera, 3rd April 2019 Composer Iain Bell and his librettist Emma Jenkins wanted to call this just The Women of Whitechapel. Some marketing types at the ENO decided it needed to be prefixed with the title of the infamous murderer, charitably…

  April 19, 2019
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  White Teeth at the Kiln Theatre review ****

  White Teeth Kiln Theatre, 21st November 2018 I have never read Zadie Smith’s 2000 debut novel White Teeth. So I have no benchmark against which to set the adaptation by Stephen Sharkey, directed by Indhu Rubasingham, which is still showing at the Kiln. I gather it is something of a…

  December 5, 2018
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  The top 10 historical streets in London

  So this post is undeniably sad. What is even sadder is there may well be more of the same in future. And top 10 lists are also pathetic. An attempt to impose your view on others without any semblance of argument in a format designed to foster inattention. My guess…

  April 8, 2017