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La Boheme, Old Vic Tunnels, South London
Friday 10 February 2012
I’ve reviewed opera in some unlikely places – a telephone box, the stairways of a derelict town hall, the kitchen department of Wembley IKEA – but the labyrinth of tunnels under Waterloo made the unlikeliest venue yet.
Viv Groskop: Page 3 is a fossil from a bygone era
Thursday 09 February 2012
Mohan says it's a 'matter of taste'. Come on, love, what are you complaining about?
500,000 children in Britain 'unhappy,' says new study
Thursday 12 January 2012
Half a million school children in Britain are unhappy with their lives, according to a new study published today.
Rosi Hunter: An online fasting club for women dying to be skinny
Sunday 08 January 2012
The other day, I logged into my Facebook account and found ads, supposedly targeted at me because of my age, gender and interests, informing me that Cheryl Cole lost 16kg on a simple new diet plan. Obviously she needed to. In January, magazine covers, TV adverts and even office talk is all about the best diet to be on. And why not? Everyone's on a diet in January, right?
Diet book for girls as young as six provokes outrage from doctors
Friday 19 August 2011
The book is about a fat girl who goes on a diet and is transformed from being insecure to being a school football star
Website's Kate Moss quote slammed
Wednesday 10 August 2011
A website which stocked a range of children's shirts emblazoned with a controversial quote from Kate Moss has been censured by the Advertising Standards Authority.
Anorexia link with pregnancy delay
Wednesday 03 August 2011
Women with a history of anorexia or bulimia may take longer to get pregnant, according to new research.
Five-year-olds being treated for anorexia
Monday 01 August 2011
More than 2,000 children have received treatment for eating disorders in the past three years, according to figures reported today.
Advertising watchdog bans airbrushed L'Oreal ads
Wednesday 27 July 2011
Make-up adverts featuring the airbrushed images of actresses Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington have been banned by the advertising watchdog following a complaint from an MP.
'I began to starve myself...'
Tuesday 19 July 2011
For 25 years, Ian Sockett had anorexia – until a life-threatening infection gave him the wake-up call he needed. He describes how he fought back from the illness that's affecting growing numbers of men
More men develop eating disorders
Wednesday 13 July 2011
The pressure to look like a male model is driving more men to develop dangerous eating disorders, experts warned today.
Topshop withdraws advertisement of skinny model after complaint
Wednesday 13 July 2011
High street giant Topshop succumbed to the pressure of an eating disorder charity yesterday, removing an image of 18-year-old model Codie Young from their website after campaigners alleged the image could encourage anorexia.
The urge to purge – Bulimia and addiction
Monday 27 June 2011
It is disgusting. It is desperate. It is dangerous.
'Mummy, will I get fat?'
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Our daughters are being fast-tracked through childhood by a looks-obsessed culture, says Tanith Carey. But parents must seize the chance to fight back
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Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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Grace Dent: I’m not sure how these people can avoid being called ‘bigots’. And the more ‘civilised’, the worse they are
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Woolwich murder: They killed, then they performed - these men should be starved of our attention
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Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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