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LIFTING THE BAN: Celebrating 40 Years Since The End Of Theatre Censorship Theatre censorship was abolished 40 years ago this month. Here's a look back at the playwrights and the people that overturned centuries of artistic stuffiness, and how their rather fruity new productions managed to pave the way for the liberated theatre we enjoy today The History Of Halloween: The Facts Behind The Fiction A brief history of Halloween, from the folk beliefs of Europe to the commercial candy-bonanza of the modern holiday. This article explores the where the traditions of modern Halloween came from and those beliefs and practices long forgotten. Discover where Jack'o'lanterns came from and why we wear costumes just in time for the holidays! From Decadence to Dissonance: The Aesthetics That Shaped The Late Victorian Era The 19th Century's penchant for aesthetics helped define one of the most vibrant and vital periods in modern history. But the highly eroticised works of Klimt, Wilde and Beardsley would come crashing down through the courts, the irons, the fire and the brimstone of the impending 20th Century. Spring-Heeled Jack: A Great Mystery Of London Legend has it that in the flickering gaslight of early-Victorian London a monster named Spring-Heeled Jack roamed the city, attacking citizens apparently at random. This villain of the sepia-toned age became somewhat of a celebrity, appearing as a regular character in the 19th century equivalent of Stephen King novels - The Penny Dreadful. Christopher Marlowe: Heady Murder, Spoil And Villainy Born in the same year as Shakespeare and every bit as popular with audiences at the time, meet Christopher Marlowe, the drunken, homosexual hell-raiser that is too often England's forgotten literary genius. Eyes In The Dark: What Do Feral Children Mean In A Urban Society? Almost since storytelling began there have been whispers of strange creatures in the wilds, in the mountains, forests and caves. These monsters are neither animal nor human but something in-between, or so the stories go. When these odd creatures are further investigated a disappointingly earthly conclusion is drawn. Dylan Thomas: Ballads And Binge Drinking As the new film The Edge of Love is put on general release, we take a look at the current surge in the poet Dylan Thomas's popularity

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