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Oz is China

Shanghai Puppet Theatre

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Shanghai Puppet Theatre

The Wizard of Oz in China?

Wizard of Oz Shanghai Puppet Theatre
The grimoire - why do people believe in angels and demons?

The grimoire - why do people believe in angels and demons?

I'm told there are millions of Americans who believe in angels and demons. Many of them are also into witchcraft and the occult, Wicca and Neopaganism. These Americans embrace a genre of (fictional!) writing called a grimoire, which typically has instructions on how to cast spells and summon
Aug 22, 2026 5 min read
'Beauty & the Beast' - Timeline

'Beauty & the Beast' - Timeline

* 1594-95 - Lavinia Fontana's Portrait of a Girl Covered in Hair or Portrait of Antonietta Gonsalvus - possible origin of the legend? * 1740 - La Belle et la Bête fairy tale by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve published under the pseudonym "Madame de V***" * 1756 - Jeanne-
Aug 22, 2026 1 min read
Memory and desire: is it better to forget the past or to always remember it?

Memory and desire: is it better to forget the past or to always remember it?

The older I get, the more I find embarrassing memories from my past popping up uninvited. Apparently I never will be able to forget some things, especially how I treated women when I was in my Twenties. The Persistence of Memory, as Dalí might say. Was I so bad? No
Aug 15, 2026 4 min read
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  • A Tale of Two Women
  • The Age of Consent
  • Alice's Mirrors
  • Angel Incarnate
  • Beauty & the Beast
  • Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
  • From Russia with Love
  • Homer's Women
  • The House of Incest
  • How to Look at a Naked Lady
  • Immortal Beloved
  • The Judgment of Paris
  • Kama Sutra
  • Letters from Africa
  • Life as Opera
  • Loki's Children
  • Oz is China
  • Poison Pen Letters
  • Precious Bodily Fluids
  • Sacred Prostitute
  • Spinster
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Splendour in the Grass
  • The Town Square
  • Vampires in Venice
  • Voices and Saints
  • The Whore's Revenge
  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Women in Trousers
  • About the Author
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