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Lipstick Traces

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Maria Bowler
Which Spice Girl were you? If you were a female aged seven to 14 in 1996 you probably at least considered it. The Spice Girls were essentially a ‘60s girl group reincarnated for the...
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Lovely Rita

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John Herbert Cunningham
It’s back. Did we think that, just because, in 1983, Michael Caine and Julie Walters did such a memorable job in the movie version of Educating Rita, we would see the end of it?...
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Jesus Christ : the interview

By
Ian Girard
Jesus Christ Superstar,” the big block letters outside the Park Theatre will soon read, heralding two back-to-back dates of music and fun for the secular and non-secular alike. JCS is based on the gospel of...
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It’s not me, it’s you

By
Daniela Smith-Fernández
{ The pair sits facing each other in a neutral public place. The novel is Dance with Snakes by Horacio Castellanos Moya, translated from Spanish by Lee Paula Springer. The book reviewer looks awkward,...
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Young nature artist brings wildlife art back to life

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Samantha Lockhart
Wildlife and nature artists are sometimes hard to find in today’s art scene. Then an artist like 25-year-old Joseph Koensgen emerges. With raw talent and passion, he is reviving the tradition of artists like...
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CD Review : Beach House, “Teen Dream”

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Harrison Samphir
Back in 2006, a small dream-pop band named Beach House tiptoed into indie music waters, making only a relative splash with their self-titled debut LP. Although slightly unrefined and jagged in spots, that album...
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CD Review : Besnard Lakes “Are the Roaring Night”

By
Leah Werier
The Montreal-based band The Besnard Lakes are no longer the dark horse they called themselves on their second studio album. They have emerged from the corners of the indie rock world and, on their...

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