The Book of Mormon review: South Park creators’ gentle mayhem in London

Here’s my review of The Book of Mormon for the Morning Star Thursday 25th April 2013. The Book of Mormon may not represent the much-heralded death of satire but, with full-page ads taken out in the show programme by lampooned subjects The Lion King and the Mormon church itself, this effervescent musical inches us ever […]

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A Bad Case of the Trots and Stop the War: current anti-feminism has VERY deep roots in the left

“Just imagine, the whole place being upset by one little Chinese girl in the scullery.” (Anna May Wong in the scullery in Piccadilly, 1929)  I’m reposting my article, A Bad Case of the Trots, which was published in Tribune magazine, September 2003 following my time establishing and running the Socialist Alliance (SA) and Stop The

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Thatcher dies, Judy Garland banned: BBC asks Wizard for brain, courage and heart

Flying monkeys force Wizard of Oz to ban “Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead”. Munchkins furious and appeal to Glenda the White Witch to intercede. Judy Garland banned, the Lollipop Guild crushed. Rainbow privatised and handed over to the chaps in the Emerald City. It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at

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Eat The Rich star takes to her paints: Al Pillay’s Demented Divas exhibition

You’ve seen her living the dream and wreaking revenge on the expoiting fat cats making our lives a misery in Eat the Rich. Now see Al Pillay‘s artwork in north London’s L’Absinthe Restaurant. On until 1st May, International Labour Day and the day after my birthday when I am 37 again. Demented Divas is a

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