The Nazis couldn’t close it … now feminists have: Windmill Theatre that stayed open through the Blitz loses its licence after women’s rights group’s private eye ‘was rubbed up and down by naked lap-dancer’
Women’s rights group sent undercover investigators into famous Soho club They have produced reports stating they were touched by naked dancers Westminster council has now decided to withdraw the strip … Continue reading
Fragments of book recovered from wreck of Blackbeard’s ship
Remains of notorious pirate’s ship in North Carolina yield evidence that it was carrying a copy of Edward Cooke’s Voyage to the South Sea Pirate treasure … a contemporary image … Continue reading
How 555 nights in jail helped to make Paul Verlaine a ‘prince of poets’
A new exhibition in Mons recalls the drunken row with fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud that led to a charge of attempted murder Paul Verlaine in 1893. Kim Willsher Observer, Sun … Continue reading
Gun with which Verlaine shot Rimbaud up for auction
Christie’s to sell weapon fired in 1873 in what would be the culmination of a torrid affair between the French poets The revolver on display at the Beaux-Arts Mons museum … Continue reading
Catherine Deneuve says men should be ‘free to hit on’ women
French actor signs open letter that claims ‘witch-hunt’ in wake of Harvey Weinstein scandal poses threat to sexual freedom Catherine Deneuve: ‘I don’t think it is the right method to … Continue reading
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