Steven Morris

Bristol

Reporter at The Guardian

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Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

He had just unleashed one of the most famed gothic horror books on the world, a blood-curdling classic that chilled readers and has inspired countless authors, film-makers and video game developers ever since. But a rare note that Bram Stoker wrote just weeks after Dracula was published in 1897 gives a glimpse into the playful fun he must have had with the novel.
Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

1 week ago | msn.com | Steven Morris

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In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel

1 week ago | stageraw.com | Steven Morris

Susan Priver (Photo by Doug Engalla)Reviewed by G. Bruce SmithDance On Productions at Hudson Backstage TheatreThrough May 18In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel is one of Tennessee Williams’ later plays (1969) that is rarely produced. A box office failure, it was written at a time when he was spiraling downward into depression and alcoholism.
heavy rain warning issued for western England and Wales

1 week ago | msn.com | Steven Morris

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UK weather: heavy rain warning issued for western England and Wales

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

Western England and the whole of Wales are set for heavy rain and possible flooding as the school holidays get into full swing and the Easter weekend approaches. The Met Office issued a beginning at noon on Tuesday and lasting for 24 hours, advising that there could be transport disruption, flooding of homes and businesses and a chance of power cuts. Spray and flooding on roads could make journey times longer and there may be delays on bus and train services, the Met Office said.
heavy rain warning issued for western England and Wales

1 week ago | msn.com | Steven Morris

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Anglo-Boer war whistleblower Emily Hobhouse celebrated in Cornish home

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

She took on the might of establishment and empire to expose the suffering of women and children held in British concentration camps but her story has “faded” from the history books. From 12 April a series of events are being held at the Cornish home where the pacifist, whistleblower and activist Emily Hobhouse grew up, around the 165th anniversary of her birth, part of efforts to shine a new light on her fight for justice.
‘I thought: this is it. I’m going to die’: Music producer Itay Kashti on his kidnapping ordeal

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

As he lay on the floor of a remote Welsh cottage, having been battered by a gang of masked kidnappers and handcuffed to a radiator pipe, musician and record producer Itay Kashti was heartbroken to imagine he would never see his family again. “I thought: ‘This is it. I’m going to die and this is the end of my story.’ I felt it was the final scene from a movie. I was thinking about my children.”He had a few moments to puzzle over why he was the victim in this story.
‘Deep and daft’ clown congress to convene at University of Bristol

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

The world may be a pretty unfunny place at the moment and global leaders don’t seem to have the answers. But this weekend a different sort of talking shop will take place when a “clown congress” convenes in Bristol to discuss the role of the funny people in troubling times. One of the leaders, Holly Stoppit, a clown therapist, teacher, and facilitator, summed it up succinctly: “Do you know what? I think there is no accident that the world is going to shit and who do they call?
Woman who violently shook baby daughter guilty of manslaughter

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Steven Morris

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