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How (not) to make money in the arts (opens the original)
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My parents came to visit in August for a lovely visit, much of it spent dodging sheep on Skye. The night they landed in Glasgow they came over for dinner. As we were catching up on the last few months of life across the ocean, somehow, the topics of the Glasgow Zine Fest came up. There were nods, smiles, and suddenly out comes “what’s a zine?” Thankfully, due to the Zine Fest and other crafty friends, I had plenty on hand to show them – “like a magazine, but handmade.” My mum delighted in figuri
Summer of Sondheim Take #2 (opens the original)
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Within the past week I’ve seen two tales of men who spend over a decade trying to get home to their wife and child and who, upon their return, assume new identities and unleash the power of incredible violence. Granted, that might be the end of the similarities between Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and The Odyssey, and comparing these works, let alone Joe Murphy’s production at the Birmingham Rep and Christopher Nolan’s megabudget blockbuster, would be forced and futile. Followi
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