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No Burns Night Here
Robert Burns is supposedly our National Bard, held in great esteem all over Scotland, but I’m having none of it. Bad enough that much of his work is doggerel (although Tam O’ Shanter is decent enough storytelling in its own way) but also, the man was allegedly a prick who raped his pregnant wife Jean…
Archive Review : Shattered Rosebud
Author: Lorna IrvineShattered Rosebud Adults only Britannia Panopticon panto is immense fun Always a more riotous proposition, the oldest music hall in the world’s adult pantos often feel like pure anarchy, where anything can and will happen. Shattered Rosebud is no exception. Ostensibly the ‘adult’ version of Sleeping Beauty, it plays with the format and…
Overlooked Classics: Miranda Sex Garden – Suspiria
Katharine Blake’s band of merry goth minstrels – who ultimately expanded into the more “palatable” Mediaeval Baebes, were always wilfully out of step with the prevailing trends of the time. Britain in 1993 was mired in all things Britpop,: seventies Adidas tracksuits, floppy curtains hairstyles and bucket hats. Lads and ladettes stalked the land. Miranda…
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