Given that Next to Normal is about a woman with bipolar disorder, it is presumably intentional that the Donmar’s revival of this 2010 Pulitzer prize-winning musical feels, at times, somewhat overwhelming. The songs and emotions come at you in a barrage, their multiplicity of genres underlining the confused and sometimes heightened reality in which the… Continue reading Next to Normal review – fizzing musical about mental illness | Theatre
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MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted
Labour MP Darren Jones has asked the minister in charge of the courts to look into the appropriateness of the rule on the use of computer evidence in court, in light of miscarriages of justice in the Post Office IT scandal. He wrote to Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk urging him to consider the issue personally… Continue reading MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted
Let the Bodies Pile review – awkward effort to hold government to account over Covid | Edinburgh festival 2023
Hyde, Manchester, in the 1990s. Frank and Georgie’s 78-year-old mum has just died while in the charge of local GP Harold Shipman. Was Frank, her live-in carer, partly to blame for surrendering her to the care of “Dr Death”? Fast-forward more than 20 years, and we find Frank mute and motionless in a Hyde hospice,… Continue reading Let the Bodies Pile review – awkward effort to hold government to account over Covid | Edinburgh festival 2023
Blood of the Lamb review – acutely tense drama of reproductive rights | Edinburgh festival 2023
The tension builds from the minute a nervous, slightly dazed woman is led into a dingy airport antechamber by a lawyer who is avoiding eye contact. It tightens, in Arlene Hutton’s taut two-hander, as the US state lawyer, Val (Elisabeth Nunziato), first distracted, then bristling, treats Nessa (Dana Brooke), more like a criminal than someone… Continue reading Blood of the Lamb review – acutely tense drama of reproductive rights | Edinburgh festival 2023
Trump Seeks To Review Classified Documents At Mar-A-Lago
Former President Donald Trump wants permission to be able to review the documents he is accused of illegally retaining at his Mar-a-Lago country club — the scene of the alleged crime, and where the FBI eventually recovered them during a raid a year ago. In a Wednesday filing with U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon,… Continue reading Trump Seeks To Review Classified Documents At Mar-A-Lago
Texas A&M will pay $1M to Black professor following botched hiring and internal review
An internal investigation of Texas A&M’s botched hiring of Kathleen McElroy, a journalism professor and veteran journalist who is Black, concluded race and gender were not factors in the decision to reduce her tenure offer to a one-year position after conservative backlash over her work around diversity. The Texas A&M University System said Thursday it… Continue reading Texas A&M will pay $1M to Black professor following botched hiring and internal review
Babies born very premature can have brain development disrupted in intensive care unit, review finds | Health
While most babies born more than two months prematurely now survive thanks to medical advances, little progress has been made in the past two decades in preventing associated developmental problems, an expert review has found. The review also found that very preterm babies can have their brain development disrupted by environmental factors in the neonatal… Continue reading Babies born very premature can have brain development disrupted in intensive care unit, review finds | Health
Perhaps What I Fear Does Not Exist review – an intimate document of family tragedy | Movies
With its piles of white sheets and whirring machines, the inside of a hospital room can feel oddly impersonal under the cold fluorescent light. Giving a poignant warmth to this sterile environment, this compelling documentary from Lebanese director Corine Shawi intimately captures how her family comes together during a time of tragedy. Struck by sudden… Continue reading Perhaps What I Fear Does Not Exist review – an intimate document of family tragedy | Movies
GOP Gov. Chris Sununu Shreds Trump With Brutal Review Of ‘Worst Speech’
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) delivered a blistering critique of Donald Trump’s address at the GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner in Iowa. Sununu, appearing on Sunday’s broadcast of ABC News’ “This Week,” ripped the former president for giving “the worst speech.” It was “the worst 10 minutes,” said Sununu. “He came out. He read from… Continue reading GOP Gov. Chris Sununu Shreds Trump With Brutal Review Of ‘Worst Speech’