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The play that changed my life: ‘Waiting for Godot revealed that less is more – it made me fearless’

A school production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece, with Nigel Planer in the cast, provided a lesson in forgetting about failure

The Guardian - UK

Jane Goodall’s grasp of chimpanzees and ‘alpha males’

Brief letters: A primatologist’s legacy | Beckett’s influence on Macron | Left over what? | Gilbert & George | A call to Noah Vale

The Guardian - UK

Sheriff finds ‘systemic failure’ by council after death of girl, 13

Robyn Goldie died in July 2018.

Evening Standard

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Council found at fault in case of girl who lay dying while mum went to pub

Child protection measures should have been put in place before Robyn Goldie’s death, inquiry finds

The Independent UK

The Cave review – dark-humoured tale of brothers’ emotional descent

Tommy Tiernan and Aaron Monaghan are given comedic free rein as a pair of hapless, homeless siblings in Kevin Barry’s Beckettian take on rural dysfunction

The Guardian - UK

Pamela Rabe shines in this hypnotic revival of Samuel Beckett’s classic play Happy Days

Samuel Beckett is justly regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century – and unquestionably one of the most demanding. Few of his works illustrate this more clearly than Happy Days, first performed in 1961, and currently playing at the Sydney Theatre Company.

The Conversation

Krapp’s Last Tape review – Gary Oldman’s arresting one-man Beckett is a startling piece of theatre

Oldman gives an emotional encounter with his past selves as he single-handedly directs, set-designs and performs Samuel Beckett’s existential monologue

The Guardian - UK

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The Life, Old Age and Death of a Working-Class Woman review – a son confronts his mother’s decline

Didier Eribon’s guilt and shame fuels an angry and eloquent meditation on our attitudes towards the elderly and the end of life

The Guardian - UK

Carol McNicoll obituary

Ceramic artist whose richly decorated everyday objects such as cups or jugs were given a surreal twist

The Guardian - UK

New Scotland 'top judge' appointed following 'long and distinguished' legal career

SCOTLAND’S new second top judge has been appointed following a “long and distinguished” legal career ...

The National (Scotland)

"The perfect soundtrack for moshers who like to party...this feels like the beginning of something special." Alt Blk Era's Rave Immortal has officially announced one of the most exciting new bands in alternative music

Formed of sisters Nyrobi and Chaya Beckett-Messam, Alt Blk Era are spinning metal, hip hop and EDM into irresistibly fun new shapes

Metal Hammer

Scottish child abuse gang members jailed for between eight and 20 years

Seven people, said by the judge to have plumbed ‘the depths of human depravity’, will be monitored for life

The Guardian - UK

Seven child abuse ring members jailed and warned they may never be released

A judge said their crimes inflicted ‘terrible suffering’ on their young victims.

Evening Standard

Child abuse ring members jailed for terms ranging from 20 to eight years

The seven were part of a gang which was said to have ‘plunged the depths of human depravity’.

Evening Standard

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Woman who assaulted child in drugs den spared further punishment

Marianne Gallagher was found guilty of hitting and kicking the child.

The Independent UK

Sentencing of members of ‘depraved’ child abuse ring postponed until new year

The two women and five men were convicted of a range of offences last year which the trial judge said plunged ‘the depths of human depravity’.

Metal Hammer

“I just had to tell him, ‘You’ve outdone me, you bugger!’” Iron Maiden used to merely hint at their prog credentials… now they flaunt them

A selection of the NWOBHM veterans’ longest, deepest and weirdest tracks – and they weren’t all written by Steve Harris

The Guardian - UK

‘She did not suffer a fool or hypocrite and loved a good laugh’: novelist Edna O’Brien

An email correspondence about Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadžić led to Ed Vulliamy’s unexpected bond with the Irish author, who died last week aged 93

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The Independent UK

Melissa Etheridge connects with incarcerated women in new docuseries 'I'm Not Broken'

Melissa Etheridge realized two career dreams with her new docuseries “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken”: performing for imprisoned women and recording the concert for a live album

The Guardian - UK

Beckett Unbound: Krapp’s Last Tape; All That Fall – review

Denis Lavant is remarkable as old man Krapp in Beckett’s minor masterpiece, while Adrian Dunbar shrouds his short radio play in total darkness

The Guardian - AU

The President review – Hugo Weaving satire verges on an endurance test

Sydney Theatre CompanyWeaving delivers a funny, commanding performance but this rarely performed 1975 Thomas Bernhard play feels neither relevant nor prescient

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Melissa Etheridge shares emotional journey and loss of son Beckett

Melissa Etheridge opens up about her late son's opioid addiction and reflects on the pain, relief, and love experienced during his struggle.

Evening Standard

Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps and wife Nicole welcome fourth son

Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, now has four sons - Boomer, seven, Beckett, five, Maverick, four, and newborn Nico

The Independent UK

Sentencing of Glasgow child abuse ring delayed for another three months

A judge has told the child abusers they face “very substantial” jail terms for “extraordinary depravity”

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