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Life is Too Good to Be True

6 Aug 20123 stars

Not quite the whole truth from show examining Stephen Glass, Barbara Ehrenreich and Lady Gaga

The place of truth, lies, delusion and self-realisation in our individual lives and within society as a whole is the big theme tackled in this one-man show that begins modestly and ends with a high-camp finale. Written and performed by Gable Roelofsen…

One Rogue Reporter among the shows exploring journalistic ethics at Fringe 2012

28 Jul 2012

Ex-Daily Star hack Richard Peppiatt lifts the lid on journalism

It’s not at all surprising that this year’s Fringe programme should feature a cluster of shows about the purveyors of low-quality ‘reportage’ commonly and derogatively referred to as ‘hacks’. The high-profile and ongoing Leveson Inquiry into the…