WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Connection problems at the dawn of the internet era
Luminous: Felicity Jolly as Terri
[Stephanie Claire] 
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Eros
The White Bear, Kennington
AS EVER, the London fringe is awash with new plays, with most under-resourced and some derivative.
But many are packed with creative energy and a passion for topical issues and one such is Kevin Mandry’s intense and thought-provoking three-hander Eros. Unlike now, when online imagery and thinking shapes our lives, the play is set in the mid-90s when the internet, in its infancy, was only a shadow of what is to come.
While it may look at first glance like a simple “Me Too’ story, it goes beyond the casual abuse of women to explore the terrible impact on men who seek only perfection and gratification to the detriment of any real and loving relationships.
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