ARE YOU REALLY A SEXPERT? SUMMER QUIZ – ANSWERS
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ANON, ANON
Anonymous Anonymous: Tweets. Tumblrs. LinkedIns. Yahoos and Googles. Hashtags. Wikipedias. Porn, obviously. 8,469,395 YouTube views. Scouring Facebook photos of yourself from 2007 and wondering where that super-directional velour miniskirt got to. Internet obsessions: young and old, rich and poor – we’re all guilty. And unlike addiction to booze or drugs, slavery to the web isn’t unanimously regarded as a vice in the same league; only very slowly is it being recognised as the serious problem it can become.
HAY FESTIVAL 2015
Erotic Review is off to Hay Festival, and we're excited about it. Bell-tents and burgers aside, we're looking forward to some very interesting chatter indeed.
Suburbaret: how to get on in suburban society…
Suburbaret is Balham’s edgy new cabaret show themed entirely on suburbia. The variety format blends traditional and alternative cabaret performance, designed to appeal to locals and commuters who enjoy live entertainment without the late night journey home (unusually, the audience are encouraged to dress down for the occasion, not dress up). Prizes are awarded for the most comfortable suburban outfits, such as pyjamas, woolly jumpers and house socks. The host is surreal bearded drag lady Ms Timberlina who will involve the audience, as she tries to plan the perfect suburban dinner party… Shades of Betjeman's 'Phone for the fish knives, Norman/As cook is a little unnerved;'? The line-up for Sunday May 10th features Lorraine Bowen, legendary suburban songwriter and performer. Lorraine mixes fashion with a passion for polyester – think Madonna meets Mary Poppins.Tricity Vogue, named after a domestic refrigerator, sings songs inspired by ‘swingers’, park life and domestic life in the suburbs. Male burlesque performer Dave the Bear will surprise the audience with his sexy new ‘pet rabbit’ routine - furry and fabulous. The proceedings are held at the Bedford, the iconic music and comedy venue in Balham. The May 10thshow is part of the Wandsworth Fringe Festival 2015. Tickets are £7 from the website www.suburbaret.co.uk (showing the full line-up) or £8 on the door. Doors 17.30, show 18.30 until a sensible suburban hour (leaving plenty of time for those Sunday night chores).The line-up for Sunday May 10th features Lorraine Bowen, legendary suburban songwriter and performer. Lorraine mixes fashion with a passion for polyester – think Madonna meets Mary Poppins.Tricity Vogue, named after a domestic refrigerator, sings songs inspired by ‘swingers’, park life and domestic life in the suburbs. Male burlesque performer Dave the Bear will surprise the audience with his sexy new ‘pet rabbit’ routine - furry and fabulous.
Breakin’ Convention at Sadler’s Wells
Breakin’ Convention at Sadler’s Wells, the international festival of Hip Hop dance, is now in its 12th year and on Friday May 1 they will be trying out something different: erotic and just a little experimental. Strictly an adult affair, WorX will comprise of a series of short performances devised specially by international Hip Hop dance artists: http://breakinconvention.com/
Top French Intellectual wades into UK election debate
Ne votez pas, mes enfants,’ he says, ‘ça ne vaut pas la peine’. Russelle (rhymes with pucelle) Onfray-Brand-Farage, the famous French intellectual nihilist, has hit a new high in the Twittersphere, garnering 3 million followers almost overnight. We were granted a brief interview with him as he breakfasted in Starbucks before boarding the Eurostar back to Paris.
The London Book Fair is opening next week
If you’re in London next week, you might have an hour or two to visit the London Book Fair, now considered as second only to its Frankfurt cousin. It’s deemed to be “a mecca for European publishers, booksellers, rights agents and media trend spotters”. So all you would-be media moguls had better get your asses to Olympia Exhibition Centre where it’s all happening, with more than 25,000 publishers, booksellers, literary agents, librarians, media and industry suppliers from over 100 countries attending. How does it work? Book publishers come to London to publicise their upcoming titles and to sell and purchase subsidiary and translation rights for books from other publishers.