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Can you stomach The Hunger Games?

Can you stomach The Hunger Games?

The Hunger Games is the latest fad to drive teenagers wild. Following the decade-long Harry Potter craze and the short but intense burst of Twilight, Suzanne Collins’ young adults novel threatens to impose the same chaos on society.   I haven’t yet seen the recent film adaptation of The Hunger Games, but I spent the...
All That Jazz

All That Jazz

1940s America – you’re enjoying an alcoholic drink from a tea-cup in an underground bar. You’re thrilled from sneaking in to hear Louis Armstrong blast a raw yet powerful sound from his trumpet. Imagine hats, suits, sweat pouring down faces and women lying across pianos. The night is hot, the bar is cramped and people...