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Skewering of tabloid excess packs an urgent topicality
Morris Honeyspoon is a monster. In editorial conference, he halts objections with a blast of his air horn, and when a puppyish staffer challenges his blanket anti-immigration policy, Roman helmet-clutching Morris takes sadistic pleasure in ritually humiliating him. It’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arcola theatre, celebrity, clarion, comedy, daily express, daily mail, drama, editor, election, fleet street, headline, immigration, london, malcolm tucker, Mark Jagasia, news, newspaper, paper, play, political, politics, review, satire, sharia law, tabloid, theatre
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Clarion, Arcola Theatre
“Fury Over Sharia Law For Toddlers!” No, not a prime example of spoof headline generator Daily Mail-o-matic, but the latest piece of fantastical scaremongering from the Clarion, a 125-year-old (semi-)fictional rag that’s upped sales by splashing on immigration every day … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arcola theatre, clare higgins, clarion, columnist, daily express, daily mail, drama, election, evening standard, extremist, family values, fleet street, front page, glamour model, great britain, greg hicks, guardian, headline, immigration, london, Mark Jagasia, media, news, newspaper, paper, play, politics, review, richard bean, satire, sharia law, showbiz, tabloid, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, ukip
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
Last week on Strictly we drank deep from the well of insanity that was a histrionic theme show combined with the terrorising presence of He Who Must Not Be Named, Baby! This week, it was the inevitable comedown. The debilitating … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged andy murray, ballroom, bbc, Beyoncé, celebrity, cher, competition, daily mail, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, donny osmond, elvis, game of thrones, gene kelly, great british sewing bee, jive, judy murray, lady gaga, lannister, mark wright, matador, natalie lowe, paso doble, quickstep, scd, scott mills, strictly, strictly come dancing, the only way is essex, tim wonnacott, tony bennett, towie, tv
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