A literary feud has broken out over an “insulting” play about New Zealand author Janet Frame. Frame’s literary executor and niece, Pamela Gordon, has slammed the play Gifted by Christchurch academic and author Patrick Evans
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Comedian Ruby Wax turns academic
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Dad Army’s Bill Pertwee dies
Actor Bill Pertwee, who played air raid warden William Hodges in Dad’s Army, has died.
Watching Borat in Beirut
Whi le it’s not surprising that Lebanese have sought refuge in cinema from the country’s sectarian tensions, it does seem strange that many of them are going to see a movie about, at least in part, sectarian tension in the United States. When it opened on Thanksgiving, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was the third most watched movie in Lebanon, trailing only such blockbuster fare as Casino Royale.