A year 10 student won over the hearts of the nation after she admitted she’s scared of laughing over fears she’ll wet herself due to a muscle spasm disability in Educating Greater Manchester. In last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show, year 10 student Holly, who attends Harrop Fold School, opened up about her giggle … Read more
Educating Rita is a witty two-worlds-collide comedy about class differences in education and the possibility of reinventing oneself. VERONICA LEE gives her verdict By Veronica Lee For The Daily Mail Published: 15:30 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 15:30 GMT, 2 November 2020 Educating Rita (Rose Theatre, Kingston) Verdict: Spirited two-hander Rating: What a joy … Read more
Cornwall’s open air Minack Theatre revives Educating Rita and it is a joy By Robert Gore-langton Published: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 Educating Rita Minack Theatre, Cornwall Until August 30, 1hr 50mins Rating: The Minack open-air theatre, near Land’s End, is doing an actual play – a rare … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been ‘quietly’ having meetings with key people and organisations linked to the Black Lives Matter movement to ‘educate’ themselves. The Duchess of Sussex broke her silence on the murder of George Floyd earlier this week, declaring that ‘black lives matter’, and revealed that she had not spoken about his death … Read more
Jimmy Kimmel helped share a powerful story about comedian Dave Chappelle educating a white woman about race during an impromptu stand-up show. The encounter happened over five years ago, but it was shared on Twitter Wednesday by comedian Kenny DeForrest, who was hosting Comedy At the Knit at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. The powerful story … Read more
Hank Azaria says he decided to stop voicing Apu on The Simpsons after educating himself on racism: ‘It just didn’t feel right’ He announced last month he will no longer voice Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu on The Simpsons Azaria spoke to The New York Times about his years-long process of examining the harmful impact of his … Read more