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Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

OUR three-year-old grandson, Aidan, has a flair for the dramatic. From somewhere, no-one knows where, he’s picked up the phrase, “Or I die!” He says things like, “I need an ice-lolly or I die!”, and “

THERE’S A MOMENT IN WICKED: FOR GOOD WHEN Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) is debating whether to flee. The Land of Oz, led by Jeff Goldblum’s conniving Wizard, is full of injustice and idiocy. But running won

IT was new to Eleanor, this feeling. An image of Michele floated into her mind during every moment of her day – an outline of him, or the colour of his eyes. He disturbed her vision when he wasn’t pre