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Review: The Family Reunion
Is there sobbing in your chimney? Are there ghosts at your table? Are you aware that death will come as a mild surprise, a momentary shudder in a vast room? Welcome to the spooky world […]
Year: 2008
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Gossip: RSC Reveals Gruesome Truth of Tennant's Skull???
It has been revealed that the skull held aloft by David Tennant during his recent turn as Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company was a real one, and belonged to a concert pianist who died […]
BBC News - Arts and Culture
Public to help pick poet laureate
The search to find the next poet laureate is launched with the public to have their say. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7746608.stm
BBC News - Arts and Culture
Mystery portrait ‘is femme fatale’, museum says
A mysterious Renaissance portrait has been identified as a painting of infamous Italian femme fatale Lucrezia Borgia by artist Dosso Dossi. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7747957.stm
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Looted Matisse painting goes to UK charity
A painting by Henri Matisse, which was stolen from a German Jewish family by the Nazis, is to be given to British charity Magen David Adom UK. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7747760.stm
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Ian Rankin meets gruesome twosome
Crime author Ian Rankin comes face-to-face with one of history’s most evil double acts. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7748173.stm
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News: Cast: Annis Heads Conways, Toby Jones Does Good
Francesca Annis will play matriarch Mrs Conway in JB Priestley's 1937 “time play” Time and the Conways, which will mark director Rupert Goold's National Theatre debut, opening on 5 May 2009 (previews from 28 April) […]
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Gossip: Goold Revamps Pete Postlethwaite Lear for London???
Having received a barrage of negative reviews from the national press after its Liverpool premiere earlier this month, Pete Postlethwaite has admitted the criticisms of King Lear were “justified” and revealed that the production, helmed […]
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News: Donmar Dominates Standard Awards with Four Wins
The Donmar Warehouse dominated today's Evening Standard Theatre Awards, converting its six nominations into four big wins at a star-studded lunchtime ceremony hosted by Richard Wilson at the Royal Opera House (See News::E8821225991181, 7 Nov […]
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Van Dyck’s lover to go on display
A portrait of a London society lady by her lover, artist Sir Anthony van Dyck, is to go on display for the first time in over a century. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7742900.stm