Jamie Lloyd galvanises Lucy Prebble’s drama about two patients who on a drug trial, while a trilogy of pre-first world war playlets captures a forgotten world
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This Triple Bill from the Finborough Theatre is a Must-See - not just an evening which is hugely enjoyable but also one which gives much food for thought and discussion afterwards.
The struggle to save Sursock Palace after Beirut blast
Updated / Sunday, 2 May 2021
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Furniture and artworks were damaged in the Sursock Palace after the Beirut port explosion
The palace owned by the Lebanese and Anglo-Irish family, the Sursock Cochranes, suffered extensive damage to its building and artwork during the Beirut port blast last August, writes Hannah McCarthy.
The damage, caused by the 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate which ignited last August at the port, has placed an enormous burden on a population of Beirut that was already struggling with economic and political meltdown.
Since 2019, when the economic situation in the country quickly deteriorated, Lebanese banks have imposed strict capital controls on their customers. As a result, the majority of the population (those without high-level political connections) have only been able to withdraw the equivalent of a few hundred dollars from their accounts, even after the port blast, which left 300,000 people hom
Heads or Tails – The Living Record Festival | Review
February 2, 2021 Last updated:
March 17, 2021
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With Christ, which is far better”, so my evangelical upbringing taught (or rather tried to teach) me whenever someone died. As a schoolboy, I drew two conclusions from that: firstly, I had better keep my wits about me or I might end up in a suicide pact with religious fundamentalists, and secondly, there must be something decent about the next life: after all, people don’t usually come back to Earth for second helpings. Here, however, 25-year-old Steph (Skye Hallam), has – suspension of disbelief, please – indeed returned from the afterlife briefly to talk about what it is like.