A new version of the theatrical work “The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists” will be performed this coming 27th November. The book is considered to be a classic of working class literature. . Robert Tressell, born in the year 1870 and who died in 1911, is the pen name of Robert Croker, an […]
Tag: humour
Miriam Alonso, humour on the island
A long time ago she was the leader of Cuba’s cartoonists but because she was practically the only female caricaturist in the country, her work wasn’t seen as funny. Charly Morales Valido 43 years ago she graduated from San Alejandro’s illustrious Academy of Fine Arts, and since then […]
A history of violence
I went to secondary school from 1968 until 1975. It was a Grammar School. I did not know that I was about to enter a world of institutionalised violence. Steve Latham At the pinnacle of our little world, was the Headmaster. In his office he kept the cane. […]
Interns abroad… an experience
An inside look at the once in a lifetime experience of studying, living, and working in another country and another culture. . Angela Smith . It is hard to believe that at this time last year I had just begun to explore the possibility of studying abroad by going to […]
James Bonds are immortal, like nightmares
Born out of political necessity, for half a century they have been the way in which the West has demonstrated to the world that it always has a plucky hero on hand to leap to its defence. Sergio Berrocal In the sleepy visage of a dawn that doesn’t […]