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Writer, performer and broadcaster.

Photos of The Steampunk Opium Wars

The first photos in from The Steampunk Opium Wars staged Thursday 16th February 2012 to almost 300 people at the National Maritime Museum. Photographs by Jan Jefferies taken on my Lumix TZ20 camera except where stated. More photographs of the … Continue reading

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LIVE STREAM The Steampunk Opium Wars

Get ready from 6.30pm on Thursday 16th February because we have a live stream of the show from the National Maritime Museum. Show kicks off at 6.45pm. It’ll be just like you were there. Click on these links: New MLEC2flashios … Continue reading

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Steampunk Opium Wars extravaganza at Greenwich National Maritime Museum

Britain’s craving for chinoiserie in the 18th and 19th centuries resulted in a trade imbalance that threatened to empty the treasury. To pay for the tea, silks, spices and porcelain we liked so much, the East India Company sold enormous … Continue reading

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St Ives and Me: my programme on my favourite town

St Ives & Me press I’m most chuffed to see that my programme on the delights of St Ives in Cornwall has been made Pick of the Day in the Radio Times, The Times, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Observer and the … Continue reading

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Anna May Wong Must Die pix

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Satire, sex and politics. Photos of the final show of this run at the New Diorama Theatre, Saturday 12th November 2011. Legendary culture writer Charles Shaar Murray and The Plague’s Marc Jefferies rocked the house with live music. Still on-script … Continue reading

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Anna May Wong Must Die! at the New Diorama Theatre

ANNA MAY WONG MUST DIE! Written and performed by Anna Chen Live music accompaniment from Charles Shaar Murray and Marc Jefferies New Diorama Theatre, NW1 3BF Thursday 10th November 19:30 Saturday 12th November 20:30 £8.50/£6.50 (There will be a Q&A … Continue reading

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