Jonathon's latest Hero of Slang is a highly influential poet who wrote 'more frankly about sex than anyone in English before the 20th century'. Be warned, by clicking Continue on this post you'll be unleashing a fair torrent of 17th Century filth... ‘Rouse stately Tarse And lett thy 31165 ... Read More...
Theatre
\ This week Jonathon proudly presents CARRY ON BARDING, or, Much Ado About Pistol's Cock, as he looks at Shakespeare and slang; and how the Carry On films might owe more to the Bard than you'd expect... Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap? Ophelia: No, my lord. Hamlet: I mean, my ... Read More...
A ribald, rollicking historical treat for you this week, as Mr Slang brings to vivid life the world of the 'penny gaff' theatres of London... It is impossible to contemplate the ignorance and immorality of so numerous a class as that of the costermongers, without wishing to discover the cause of ... Read More...
Barendina Smedley finds her expectations confounded on a recent visit to the Globe Theatre... A recent rainy half-term morning found us at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre — or rather, Sam Wanamaker’s hard-won rebuilding of the theatre Shakespeare knew, which burned to the ground in 1613 — on the south bank of a very ... Read More...
In our occasional feature we invite guests to select the six cultural links that might sustain them if, by some mischance, they were forced to spend eternity in a succession of airport departure lounges with only an iPad or similar device for company. Today's voyager is Frank Wilson, former book review editor ... Read More...
Variety acts are enjoying a revival up at the Edinburgh Fringe:...venues devoted to the outpourings of alternative comedians since Ben Elton first performed at the fringe in the boom years of the early 1980s are increasingly making room for singing acts, burlesque artists and magicians.There's even talk of the spirit of music ... Read More...
