Perthshire school taking action against new lockdown consequence - slouching
Staff at Kilgraston are now keen help keep the children’s posture perfect to stop them suffering issues later in life
Pupils do exercises to help prevent them slouching (Image: perthshireadvertiser)
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“That guy George is obsessed with you” a mate on twitter told me, I was very excited. Clooney is finally giving in to me, but it turns out it was Channel Four’s Most Famous Cat Impersonator George Galloway. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am as excited as anyone else regards talking animals, you’ll know that if you’ve seen my voice over videos, but my heart sank. George Galloway (Channel Four’s Most Famous Cat Impersonator), the man who has politically turned over more coats than big Senga the cloak room wummin’ at The Savoy Disco has me in his sights. Even his political party is the sign of a Target which makes perfect sense.
We are proud to present an excerpt from Michael Koresky’s moving new book,
Films of Endearment, now available. Get a copy today by clicking here; read our interview with Koresky here.
Synopsis:
A poignant memoir of family, grief and resilience about a young man, his dynamic mother and the 80s movies they shared together.
Michael Koresky s most formative memories were simple ones. A movie rental. A mug of tea. And a few shared hours with his mother. Years later and now a successful film critic, Koresky set out on a journey with his mother to discover more about their shared cinematic past. They rewatched ten films that she first introduced to him as a child, one from every year of the 80s, each featuring women leads.
Writers should be free to express their opinions – not strangled by Stasi-like ‘diversity’ rules
Arts critics are being warned by the union Equity to watch what they say. Whatever the intentions, it’s a sinister, anti-free speech move
29 April 2021 • 5:00am
Critically isolated: writers and journalists, says Ben Lawrence, shouldn t be ordered to conform to industry pressure
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Last week, the acting union Equity delivered a new set of guidelines for theatre critics. Among its recommendations was that critics should consider their ethnicity and relative privilege when writing their reviews. The union urged that they “avoid referring to immutable characteristics such as age, race, gender and appearance, unless such characteristics directly affect the production’s meaning”. For a decade, I have been a critic across several art forms, including theatre, and while I hope that, out of fairness, I have always adhered to the above, I am appalled that Equity ar