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Can you believe that it is just 12 days until Christmas? Does it make you want to sing: “On the first day of Christmas . . .”? Well, maybe not. Does it make you want to ask your loved ones what they want for Christmas? When you ask that question...

As we head into December, the number of holiday shows is on the rise. But, while this week offers a variety of different stage shows for art lovers of all kinds, there are plenty of other experiences to take part in. Round out the week with a social...

A very remarkable 2001 text by Joan Hawkins (part of which appears at the end of the Kindle edition of "I love Dick"). Among her books: "Cutting Edge: Art-Horror and the Horrific Avant-garde", University of Minnesota Press, 2000; and "Downtown Film and...

It's from a musical, I swear it's not just an excuse to look at Matt Smith's chest... I'm a bit of a frustrated diva.  The one thing I say more often than anything else is that if I had my time again, I'd go to drama school and try to carve out a career...

Meeting Derek the newest Medical Detection Dog This week I got to meet ‘my’ puppy – well, the one I named after raising sufficient funding in the summer with our special events. On Wednesday I went up to Milton Keynes HQ to see him, and this is what...