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Global Warming, The Ongoing Destruction Of The Planet, Third World Debt, The Uselessness Of The Railways, The Takeover By The Corporations, The Scary George Bush Person: All These Things Are Important And Should Be Animating Me Into Outrage. Yet Somehow They Do Not.

Every Generation Of Children Has Its Private Hero.

An Uninspiring Canvas Becomes A Glamorous Masterpiece When It Is Reattributed To A Better-known Artist.

The Best Way To Prepare For A Night Out With A Shakespearean Tragedy Is To Do A Bit Of Reading Up In The Afternoon, Eat A Light Supper - Perhaps Welsh Rarebit - And Then Arrive Early To Do Some Stretching Exercises In The Foyer Before Curtain-up.

I Read 'crime And Punishment' Years Ago And Don't Recall The Details Of It, But I Do Retain A Strong Sense Of The Creeping Paranoia And Panic.