122. What do you get if you cross a carp with a monkey? In episode 98 I spoke of the purported ‘mermaid’ brought to London in 1822 by a Captain Eades. Eades exhibited the fraudulent freak which turned out to be nothing more than a …
Temperatures drop, shopping stress rises, and London rolls into festive season good and proper this week. Here’s our guide to the saner side of London’s arts scene; it’s not all about carols and pantos, you know. That Hamlet starts at the Novello today, without the …
We’ve long been fascinated by our childhood memories of Monkey Magic (was the monk a boy or a girl?) and were morbidly curious about Albarn’s hand in bringing Monkey: Journey to the West to the London stage earlier this year. But we never got round …
There’s plenty to entertain those of us in search of cultural enlightenment this week. London’s arts scene is offering a really varied pick’n’mix bag of sticky sweet treats… Enjoy! Happy Birthday West Side Story! This groundbreaking dance musical opens tonight at Sadlers’ Wells, 50 finger-clicking …
For those of you (like us) who just can’t get enough of cute, cuddly little things, even if they look a bit like aliens, we introduce you to Conchita, a three-week-old white-naped mangabey monkey. This teeny-tiny, big-eyed, big-eared, pink-tongued furball is only the second mangabey …
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