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London 2012 and Metamorphosis

Neil Simpson | Posted 22.09.2012 | Home
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Neil Simpson

London in 2012, the year of the Olympics, is as good a time as any to reflect on the changing nature of the city. The capital remains a mess of consta...

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The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons Review

Neil Simpson | Posted 11.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Adam Smith, Samuel Pepys, Steve Coogan, Handel, Samuel Johnson, Hogarth, Downton Abbey, Strictly Come Dancing, Reynolds, Andy Warhol, Mary Robinson, Sarah Siddon, Nell Gwyn, James Boswell, Elizabeth Ann Sheridan, Hugh Grant, X Factor, Celebrity Worship, National Portrait Gallery, Drury Lane, Gainsborough, UK Culture, Home News
Neil Simpson

Indeed there is no shying away from the parallels in this exhibition with so much modern entertainment. Celebrity worship is another human constant; and with celebrity, as any Hugh Grant or Steve Coogan knows, comes sex, obsession and the baying British press.

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