Dickensians amongst us have been celebrating the bicentenary. Some Dickens-sceptics have tried from time to time to be party-poopers, but they have been politely told to piss off. And quite right too. Personally, I rather like these anniversaries. Why pass over an excuse to celebrate the works of a writer I love? But while I [...]
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15 Aug
Comedy is no laughing matter
Definitions are tricky things. There is so much that is more easily recognised than defined. For instance, we all know that a “tragedy” is a play (or a film or a novel or an opera or whatever) where everyone – or, at least, the main character – dies at the end; but even so, we [...]
