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• Victims of sexual abuse speak out in week that truly shook football

  25-11-2016 23:55 via theguardian.com
  
  The brave testimony of Andy Woodward has led to fears of a paedophile ring. The FA and clubs must now show they can handle the outpouringEnglish football, so often the subject of both front and back pages during frothing episodes in which “scandal” and “shame” are appended to any number of trivialities, has had a week during which those words have taken on a deadening tone.After the former professional Andy Woodward waived his anonymity to tell the Guardian of years of ch
  
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• Britons could pay for EU citizenship after Brexit, says top negotiator

  25-11-2016 23:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Brexit negotiator said he ‘supported the principle’ behind UK citizens keeping their EU rights by paying an annual feeBritons could pay to retain the benefits of European Union citizenship after Brexit under plans being considered by MEPs.The European Parliament’s lead Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt said he supported the principle of the idea, which would see UK citizens sending an annual fee to Brussels.Continue reading...
  
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• Nice Fish review – Mark Rylance reels them in with kooky comedy

  25-11-2016 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Harold Pinter theatre, London
  Rylance plays a goofball novice on an ice-fishing trip in a play that feels derivative and slides into absurdismMark Rylance and Louis Jenkins have fashioned a play out of the latter’s prose poems that shows two men ice-fishing on a frozen lake in Minnesota. If it sounds odd, that is precisely what it is. In the course of 90 minutes the play offers random meditations on life, love and death that in its homespun whimsy reminded me of Garrison Keillor’s mo
  
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• Photographer David Hamilton found dead in Paris

  25-11-2016 23:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Briton, 83, was best known for his pictures of teenage girls and had recently denied rape allegationsThe British photographer David Hamilton has died at the age of 83, according to French police.A police source told Reuters that Hamilton, best known for his pictures of teenage girls, killed himself in Paris. Continue reading...
  
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• Rising costs

  25-11-2016 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Traders at one of the UK's largest wholesale markets say prices for imports from the EU are up by as much as 40% owing to the drop in the value of the pound.
  
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• Nottingham Forest see off Barnsley thanks to Henri Lansbury hat-trick

  25-11-2016 23:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Henri Lansbury scored a hat-trick as Nottingham Forest ran out 5-2 winners against 10-man Barnsley at Oakwell. The hosts led twice in the first half but both times held their advantage for less than 10 minutes as Forest secured back-to-back away wins in the Championship.“The target was to keep a clean sheet, but sometimes the team want to play with their character. It’s better to win 5-2 than draw 0-0,” said the Forest manager, Philippe Montanier. “After the victory at Ip
  
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• Argentina: Report raises alarm over violence against women - Daily Mail

  25-11-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Argentina: Report raises alarm over violence against women
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  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A newly released index on gender violence in Argentina shows that women suffer an alarmingly high amount of physical and psychological abuse. The first national index on male-chauvinistic gender violence was released ...
  Why should women have to pay the price for 'safety' on a daily basis?The Guardian (blog)
  UN's Ban: Violence Against Women, Girls 'Imposes Large-scale Costs'
  
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• British photographer David Hamilton dies in Paris - police source

  25-11-2016 23:02
  PARIS (Reuters) - British photographer David Hamilton died in Paris on Friday at the age of 83 after committing suicide, a police source told Reuters. Hamilton, who had lived much of his life in France and whose works had appeared in high-end fashion magazines, was found unresponsive in his home by a neighbour who alerted emergency services, French radio station Europe 1 reported without giving a source. (Reporting by Emmanuel Jarry; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
  
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• Lewis Hamilton v Nico Rosberg: how friendship turned to fiercest of rivalries | Paul Weaver

  25-11-2016 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The F1 title contenders were teenage friends but on the track theirs has become one of the sport’s spikiest duels, comparable to Prost-Senna or Mansell-PiquetThe destination of the 2016 Formula One world championship has already been decided in the uncompromising mind of Lewis Hamilton. The final, title-deciding race of the season here on Sunday, which has brought an international media circus to this gaudy oasis in the desert of the United Arab Emirates, is but a backdrop to his remarkabl
  
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• Jill Stein formally files for Wisconsin recount as fundraising effort passes $5m

  25-11-2016 22:57 via theguardian.com
  
  For some the campaign is a chance to show Hillary Clinton is the rightful winner, while others see Stein’s intervention as a gimmick to promote the Green partyJill Stein, the Green party’s candidate in the US presidential election, formally filed a motion for a recount in Wisconsin on Friday as her funding effort for counting the votes again in three states passed $5m.As more money flooded in for her effort – which aims to fund recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,
  
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• Suspect held in hunt for knife attacker who killed woman in French missionary home

  25-11-2016 22:45
  
  A masked intruder raided a retirement home for monks on Thursday.
  
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• I will not stand by and let more queer kids tumble into helplessness | Nic Holas

  25-11-2016 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  After the death of Tyrone Unsworth, our anger is best directed at anti-Safe School lobby, which has built a campaign based on lies. We can fight themTeenager killed himself after ‘constant bullying’ about his sexualityThe LGBTIQA community is hurting today but none of that hurt could compare to what Amanda Unsworth would be experiencing, after her 13-year old son Tyrone took his own life on Tuesday following sustained, violent bullying at the hands of his Queensland schoolmates. When
  
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• Kidnapped California jogger found safe on roadside in restraints, sheriff says

  25-11-2016 22:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Sherri Papini flagged down a driver on Thanksgiving, authorities say
  Details of her three-week captivity remain unclearA woman who was kidnapped and held captive for three weeks after leaving her northern California home to jog was found safe on the side of a rural road bound in restraints, a local sheriff said Friday. Authorities were looking for two armed women they believe abducted Sherri Papini, 34, on 2 November, Shasta County sheriff Tom Bosenko said in an interview on Good Morning America
  
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• Shows cancelled in London blackout

  25-11-2016 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Black Friday takes on another meaning in central London as a power cut plunges a large part of Soho into darkness.
  
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• Renewables levy cap on consumer energy bills 'exceeded by £1bn'

  25-11-2016 22:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Official review finds failures in Levy Control Framework and says overshoot will have to be paid for by householdsFormer energy ministers have contributed to an overspend of more than £1bn on renewable power subsidies that consumers will be forced to pay for, a government report has said.The review by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, published on Friday, says “political unwillingness” to curb support for solar and wind power projects has contributed
  
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• London has been plunged into darkness by a power cut

  25-11-2016 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parts of central London, including Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Carnaby Street, have been hit by a power cut.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the allegations of sex abuse in football

  25-11-2016 22:14
  
  The scandal has grown since Andy Woodward spoke out about his abuse.
  
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• Power cut plunges London's West End into darkness

  25-11-2016 22:00
  
  London's Soho and Piccadilly Circus have been plunged into darkness by a major power cut. The famous Piccadilly Circus electronic advertising billboards, usually a blaze of multi-coloured neon light, were left spookily dark by the cut. Soho's Rupert Bar was in the dark but continued serving customers by candlelight.
  
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• Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano emits huge columns of ash and smoke – video

  25-11-2016 21:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupts on Friday morning, spewing a significant amount of ash and smoke into the sky. According to authorities, there were 324 volcanic eruptions in the last 24 hours, and the ash reached an altitude of 5km. There have been a series of rumblings at the volcano in recent months, with the most recent large eruption occurring on 3 AprilMexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupts in fiery show – videoContinue reading...
  
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• Irish PM: 'Impossible' to do Brexit deal in two years

  25-11-2016 21:49
  
  Ireland's prime minister has told Sky News it will be "impossible" for the UK to agree a full Brexit deal within the two years set out in Article 50. Enda Kenny said a Brexit transition deal between the UK and EU was "inevitable". Mr Kenny, a member of the 28-member European Council, said a transition deal would probably take "longer than expected".
  
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• 'Blackout Friday' in central London as power cut hits West End

  25-11-2016 21:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Theatre shows cancelled as area plunges into darkness but power is later restoredA power cut that plunged parts of central London into darkness gave a whole new meaning to “Black Friday”.The cut, which started at 5.16pm, hit Soho, which was packed with tourists, shoppers and people enjoying the area’s bars and restaurants. Continue reading...
  
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• Stephen Port case: Daniel Whitworth's family 'disgusted' with police

  25-11-2016 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The stepmother of one of Stephen Port's victims says she is "disgusted" by the police's failure to conduct tests on a fake suicide note.
  
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• Martin Rowson on Brexit and Black Friday – cartoon

  25-11-2016 21:13 via theguardian.com
  
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• MPs expected to back regulations on privately-owned City businesses

  25-11-2016 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The proposals are expected to bring private companies in line with other businesses, in response to scandals like BHSMinisters are preparing to back the idea of extending the governance code for stock market-listed companies to large privately-owned businesses, in response to public anger at a string of scandals including the collapse of BHS.The proposal to extend the City’s governance code to the private sphere was first put forward by the Financial Reporting Council, an independent body
  
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• A power cut has plunged London's Soho into darkness

  25-11-2016 20:36
  
  Definitely not what you want on a Friday night.
  
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• The pedlars of fake news are corroding democracy | Andrew Smith

  25-11-2016 20:34 via theguardian.com
  
  If most adults get their news from Facebook we need laws to make the social networks accountableThe most interesting question about 2016 is not why the Brexit result and Trump happened, but whether historians will regard both as incidental; whether this will go down as the year democracy revealed itself unworkable in the age of the internet – in which reality, already engaged in a life-or-death struggle with inverted commas, finally gave way to “alt-reality”.The results of thes
  
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• Fake doctor jailed for secretly recording sex tapes and blackmailing women with them

  25-11-2016 20:27
  
  Farhan Mirza purposefully targeted Muslim women, lied repeatedly and threatened to expose them with footage he’d taken.
  
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• Crewe were warned about Barry Bennell but he stayed on, says former board member

  25-11-2016 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  • Hamilton Smith says he asked for a meeting to discuss Bennell
  • In 2001, he asked the FA to investigate the youth set-up at CreweCrewe Alexandra, the club most heavily implicated in the Barry Bennell case, were warned he had sexually abused one of his junior footballers but allowed the man who turned out to be a serial paedophile to stay at the club for a number of years, the Guardian has been told.Bennell was the subject of a top-level meeting in the late 1980s but was kept in his j
  
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• Fake doctor who secretly filmed and blackmailed women he dated is jailed

  25-11-2016 20:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Farhan Mirza found guilty of blackmail, voyeurism, sexual assault, theft and fraud and sentenced to eight and half years A taxi driver who pretended he was a doctor to impress women he met on a dating website before secretly filming them naked and blackmailing them by threatening to post the footage online has been jailed.Farhan Mirza, 38, who targeted Muslim women, was sentenced to eight and a half years after being found guilty of blackmail, voyeurism, sexual assault, theft and fraud.Continue
  
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• What kind of president will Trump be? His erratic transition keeps us guessing

  25-11-2016 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The president-elect’s pick’n’mix approach since his victory has the nation wondering whether it will get a statesman, a businessman, or a provocateurFresh from his Thanksgiving Florida break, Donald Trump is due to finalise his cabinet in the coming days in an unconventional presidential transition that has kept supporters and critics alike in suspense as to the true nature of his administration.The president-elect has so far adopted a pick’n’mix approach to his app
  
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• Black Friday takings soar 16% in online bonanza

  25-11-2016 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  High streets quiet as shoppers use mobiles and computers to land record £1.27bn of bargainsRetailers have rung up another record Black Friday, but high streets remained calm as shoppers opted to hunt for bargains on mobile phones and computers.The association for online retailers, IMRG, estimated that £1.27bn was spent on Friday, up 16% on last year. It will be the busiest day in a week of promotions expected to deliver online retail sales of £6.77bn in the seven days to Monday
  
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• Kajsa Tylen: Cyclist breaks Billie Fleming's 77-year-old record

  25-11-2016 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A cyclist who set out to pedal 50,000 km (31,068 miles) in one year breaks a 77-year-old long distance cycling record.
  
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• Commons leader David Lidington to take on PMQs for the first time

  25-11-2016 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Choosing Lidington to stand in for Theresa May is being seen by some as a snub to chancellor Philip HammondThe traditional heavyweight political clash of prime minister’s questions is set to be replaced with an undercard bout later this month when David Lidington, the relatively little-known leader of the House of Commons, will stand in for Theresa May for the first time.With the prime minister away on an official trip, Lidington will, by convention, face up to an equivalent more junior La
  
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• The Guardian view on leaving the EU: not easy for us, not easy for them | Editorial

  25-11-2016 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  British voters are yet to confront the real cost of what is in store. We must pay heed to perspectives from across the ChannelSince 23 June, the choice to leave the European Union has been debated in Britain largely as if it were a reflexive action – something the nation does to itself. But Brexit must also be understood transitively – something this country does to other countries. Naturally, domestic considerations dominate the discussion, especially since separation talks have not
  
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• The Guardian view on independence for Hong Kong: made in Beijing | Editorial

  25-11-2016 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Instead of dealing with a political problem, China has sought confrontation. Without compromise the situation is likely to get worse before it gets betterNo one can accuse Chris Patten, Hong Kong’s last colonial governor, of not being prepared to scrap with China to defend liberal values in the territory. The Conservative peer and chancellor of the University of Oxford took the view – rightly – two decades ago that Hong Kong’s prosperity was underpinned by a free and plur
  
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• Green candidate Jill Stein is raising money for recounts in certain states after the US election result

  25-11-2016 19:54
  
  And people are actually coughing up the cash.
  
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• Modus: the show that takes Scandi-noir into 'whydunnit' territory

  25-11-2016 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  The Swedish show that’s already been a hit at home comes with a new twist: the killer is revealed in the opening shotWith their complex characters, slowly developing storylines and striking, shadowy cinematography, Scandinavian crime dramas have a hold over British TV audiences that shows no sign of relenting.But the latest, Modus, a new export from Swedenthat arrives on BBC4 on Saturday night, takes the format in an unexplored direction, diverting from the favoured slow reveal of the kill
  
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• Serial killer Stephen Port receives whole-life prison sentence

  25-11-2016 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Judge says he accepts intention of chef, who murdered four men, was to cause serious harm rather than deathThe serial killer Stephen Port has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of four young gay men he drugged and raped before dumping their bodies near his east London flat. The 41-year-old chef, who had a fetish for sex with unconscious boyish-looking men, was convicted on Wednesday of the murders of Anthony Walgate, a 23-year-old fashion student from Hull, Gab
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of killing woman in retirement home

  25-11-2016 19:37 via theguardian.com
  
  The body of the woman was found in a home in southern France where about 60 Catholic missionaries liveA man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in a retirement home in southern France where about 60 Roman Catholic missionaries live, a source close to the investigation said. Police launched a manhunt on Thursday after finding the woman dead in the home near the town of Montpellier.Continue reading...
  
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• Ed Balls: 'Strictly has released my inner Beyonce'

  25-11-2016 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ed Balls says Strictly has taught him he has an "inner Beyonce" - and that he is already thinking of getting to the final of the dance contest.
  
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• British pilot, 71, goes missing during vintage air rally to Africa

  25-11-2016 19:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Adventurer fails to turn up in Kenya after previously flying into trouble in Ethiopia and vanishing in SudanA British pilot who has been taking part in a rally of historic aircraft across Africa has gone missing for the second time in a week.Maurice Kirk’s next of kin have been informed, while organisers of the Vintage Air Rally (VAR), in which a fleet of historic flying machines are aiming to travel from Crete to Cape Town in South Africa, say they have confidence in his ability to land h
  
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• Jo Cox aides recall their 'surreal' loss

  25-11-2016 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jo Cox's assistants, who were with the MP when she was murdered, speak about coping with the "surreal" loss of both a colleague and friend.
  
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• Fresh crisis in Brazil as new president faces corruption allegations

  25-11-2016 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Michel Temer denies wrongdoing after former cabinet colleague’s claims place him directly in line of fire in corruption scandalThe Brazilian president, Michel Temer, faced a crisis on Friday after a former cabinet colleague placed him directly in the line of fire of corruption allegations. The scandal, which immediately forced the resignation of a key aide, looks set to pose the greatest challenge yet to a six-month-old administration that is also struggling with a dire recession and polit
  
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• 'The fact it was Grindr isn’t relevant': users debate app's role in Stephen Port murders

  25-11-2016 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Some say attempts by police to blame gay dating app for Port’s killings is ‘victim blaming’, while others urge caution when using such appsThe murders of four young men by Stephen Port, the serial killer sentenced to life in prison on Friday, have given rise to a debate among users of the gay dating app Grindr. Related: Serial killer Stephen Port receives whole-life prison sentenceContinue reading...
  
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• Battle to be Trump's secretary of state intensifies as Giuliani makes his case

  25-11-2016 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Former New York mayor highlights his foreign experience amid reports that Trump’s team wants Mitt Romney to apologise for slights in exchange for jobThe struggle for the position of the US secretary of state intensified on Friday with forceful lobbying from one candidate and reported calls from the Trump presidential team for the other to apologise publicly for campaign slights in return for the job.Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and Trump loyalist, has been aggressively pushing
  
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• Susan Norman landslide death: Council 'should have known of risk'

  25-11-2016 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A council should have known Susan Norman, who died in a landslide, faced an "immediate risk of death", jurors say.
  
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• Eddie Izzard reveals years of transgender abuse to court

  25-11-2016 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Comedian says ‘I stand my ground’, as man is found guilty of abusing him outside his homeComedian Eddie Izzard defended himself against a man who shouted homophobic abuse at him as a stand against “thousands of years of transgender people being aggressively attacked”, a court has heard.Jamie Penny threatened to “do” the 54-year-old’s house after an altercation in Pimlico, central London. Continue reading...
  
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• Four police forces investigate football sexual abuse claims

  25-11-2016 19:09
  
  At least four police forces are now looking into allegations of historical sexual abuse in football. Cheshire Police said claims had been made against "more than one individual" and it was receiving a growing number of disclosures, some via the NSPCC. Hampshire Police released a statement saying it was "investigating allegations of non-recent child abuse within the football community".
  
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• GPs displayed a 'lack of professional curiosity' about patients and domestic violence, study finds

  25-11-2016 18:54
  
  The report also raised questions about the adequacy of domestic violence training for primary care staff.
  
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• Phyllida Lloyd: a director who's determined to put women centre stage

  25-11-2016 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  From all-female Shakespeare trilogys to hit musicals and films, she has a gift for works that focus on – and resonate with – womenWhen Phyllida Lloyd took on Shakespeare, it was never going to be a conventional production. This is the woman who had leapt from the rarefied world of opera to the West End and then to movies when she steered the Abba musical Mamma Mia! to global domination, and whose stage dramas were bold and innovative.In 2012, some critics were sniffy about her all-fe
  
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