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  • A Tale of Two Women
  • The Age of Consent
  • Alice's Mirrors
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  • Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
  • From Russia with Love
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  • 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
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  • Sacred Prostitute
  • Spinster
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  • Splendour in the Grass
  • The Town Square
  • The Whore's Revenge
  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Vampires in Venice
  • Voices and Saints
  • Women in Trousers
  • About the Author
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
Sex in ancient times: the tale of the wandering womb

Sex in ancient times: the tale of the wandering womb

How on earth did men in ancient Egypt, Greece and early Rome accept the idea that the women in their lives had a wandering womb/uterus? Why did they think it was a convenient explanation for women's health problems? Did they know any women? I can understand the
Jul 11, 2026 4 min read
Are you an optimist or a pessimist or a cynic or an agnostic? Pick one.

Are you an optimist or a pessimist or a cynic or an agnostic? Pick one.

A good way to find out who you are: what do you think of President Putin and the future of Russia? Try these hopelessly unscientific quizzes: Quiz 1: Putin's Kiss (here) Background: President Putin was walking in the Kremlin grounds on June 28, 2006, when he stopped to
Jul 11, 2026 1 min read
Angel Incarnate: Timeline

Angel Incarnate: Timeline

* 1476 Leonardo charged with sodomy * 1482 Botticelli paints La Primavera/Allegory of Spring * 1482-1483 Leonardo moves to Milan * 1485 Botticelli paints The Birth of Venus/Nascita di Venere * 1491 Ludovico Sforza of Milan marries Beatrice d’Este of Ferrara; Leonardo is the wedding planner * 1492 Death of Lorenzo de&
Jul 11, 2026 2 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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