MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
A feminist art of Persuasion
PAUL FOLEY sees an updated version of Jane Austen’s classic novel which challenges sexist attitudes towards women today
Persuasion at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
ANNE ELLIOTT, at the age of 27, is approaching the “years of danger.”
Having rejected a marriage proposal from the dashing but penniless naval officer Frederick Wentworth eight years earlier, she is rapidly facing the prospect of being left on the shelf.
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LEO BOIX, ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review Night Stage, Two Women, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, and Fuze
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
WILL STONE enjoys a set by an artist too eclectic to be pigeonholed


