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Welcome to the jungle
HALF a century after it was banned for being too lewd by the Mary Whitehouse brigade, West End Jungle is coming back to our screens on DVD.
Billed as a journey into the “dark heart of London, filmed in the actual places of vice”, the film explores the way prostitutes coped with the introduction of the Street Offences Act in 1959 – which effectively criminalised thousands of working girls in Soho, driving them into walk-up flats, clubs
and massage parlours.
In forensic detail, and for the first time when it was released, director Arnold Miller demystified the industry, from pick up techniques, to recruitment and the plight of the girls themselves.
‘Whispered message’ ends 24-day Tamil hunger strike
AFTER 24 days on hunger strike and just hours from slipping into a “permanent coma”, 28-year-old Tamil protestor Paramesweran Subramaniyam has agreed to take food.
He had a sip of orange juice with Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes before being rushed to St Thomas’s Hospital shortly before midday yesterday (Thursday), where he remains.
The student only had enough energy to whisper that he was ending the strike.
Supporters say Mr Subramaniyam (pictured) has only agreed to halt his action temporarily after persuasion by Tamil elders and Mr Hughes.
And there are now plans for multiple hunger strikes in the square, where the action will continue until a ceasefire is reached in the bloody civil war tearing apart Sri Lanka.
Mr Hughes said: “He thinks he planted the seeds which he hopes will come to fruition. I believe he was persuaded to end his hunger strike after 24 days by the fact that Parliament have fully debated the situation in Sri Lanka yesterday and the government is becoming stronger in its position on Sri Lanka.”
Boris, on the profit of language
IT might not be a public holiday but St George’s Day was celebrated in style on Saturday as crowds of face-painted sun-seekers flocked to Trafalgar Square.
Performers were chosen for their “English roots” sound and included Eliza Carthy, Netsayi and Seth Lakeman.
Mayor Boris Johnson said: “Where better to celebrate our patron saint than in the English capital? That St George’s Day should coincide with the day William Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated encapsulates one of the greatest things England has given to the world – the English language.” |
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