WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
The trials of a Cypriot mother
ANGELA COBBINAH applauds the success of a tribute in drama by a daughter to her immigrant mother
Ilias Alexeas and Elena Hadjiafxendi as Andy and Theophana
[Lakruwan Rajapaksha] 
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
Love in a Foreign Land
The Playground Theatre, London
AN elderly woman looks back on her life in London that began in 1959 when she travelled by boat from Cyprus to seek out her husband, an irresponsible charmer who has gone off the radar.
“You must do things differently,” she urges in frustration from one side of the stage as her younger self attempts to rescue the marriage on the other, knowing that she can’t change the past.
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