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Extraordinary opium exhibition deserves a visit: my South China Morning Post column

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Anna Chen – Monday, 8 July 2013 My latest City Scope column for the South China Morning Post: Mayfair exhibition hits a high note Nestled in deepest Mayfair, where the recession has never struck, is the unlikeliest of venues for the most surprising of exhibitions. Ensconced on Berkeley Square – where, according to the song, […]

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The Hackney Tea Ceremony: Gary Lammin at The Steampunk Opium Wars

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Gary Lammin is Master of Ceremonies in The Hackney Tea Ceremony, part of The Steampunk Opium Wars debut at the National Maritime Museum on 16th February 2012. With legendary radical theatre impressario Neil Hornick as Captain Ironside. Written by Anna Chen with additional material by Gary Lammin. Additional video by Jeff Willis. The Steampunk Opium

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Opium dealer fortune plundered by family: Brooke Astor’s son guilty

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So much for breeding and nobility. In a case that makes the Astors look like the Corleones, Anthony Marshall, the dastardly stepson of David Astor, has been found guilty of trying to steal millions from his mother, socialite Booke Astor, while she was gaga. The Astors, who founded The  Observer, made their money from fur

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