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Infant body mass index, eczema and atopy at one year of age in relation to mode of delivery
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10 artworks capturing 30 years of restored Estonian independence
Read more Help unravel the untold stories of sisterhood at a former Soviet textile mill in Estonia Thirty years ago this month, the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR voted to officially restore the independence of the Republic of Estonia (a year previously, it had declared illegal the country’s 1940 incorporation, under considerable duress, into the USSR).
Review | 'Snow White' at the London Palladium is a 'riot of colour, fun and endless sexual innuendo'
Words by Matthew Hyde The much anticipated star-studded panto is back at the Palladium and it’s a riot of colour, fun, celebration, festive cheer and endless sexual innuendo. Subtle It’s not. This bold and brash production has an eye-watering budget creating a sumptuous visual feast. Talking about the plot of Snow White is pointless.
Review | 'The Inheritance' is a landmark production which will go down in theatrical history
This epic two-part drama arrives in the West End after a successful run at the New Vic in the summer. It is nothing short of a triumph and worth every accolade that is being heaped upon it. A rare opportunity to see an epic story told over several hours which leaves you laughing, crying, celebrating, exhausted and uplifted, usually all at the same time. The Inheritance is a landmark production which will go down in theatrical history and you really don’t want to be that person who missed it.
Review | 'A Guide For The Homesick' is both simple yet seductive
This new American play by Ken Urban has a simple yet seductive premise. Two male strangers Jeremy (Douglas Booth) and Teddy (Clifford Samuel) chance upon each other in a hotel bar in Amsterdam. Holed up in an anonymous hotel room far from home and away from the prying eyes and judgement of the outside world, the two men drink beer, talk, confess, fight, seek comfort and ultimately redemption. It’s an electric 80mins that explores masculinity, love, friendship and homosexuality.
'Stories' at the National Theatre explores issues of sperm donation
Anna is 39, single and desperate to have a baby. She explores various options available to her with increasing loneliness and desperation. She shops online from a sperm website which is as cold and clinical as an Amazon purchase. Alongside this she meets up with various failed partners from her past and simply asks them to donate with hilarious and awkward results. It’s a funny and moving journey that leaves you feeling entertained yet rather conflicted.
Gender bending Company a smash-hit on the West End - Attitude.co.uk
For the first time in Company’s 40-year history, the central role of Bobbie is played by a woman in this ground breaking production. Gender bending doesn’t always work and can sometimes feel like a marketing ploy or gimmick. Not only does it work here, it completely transforms this ‘grown up’ Sondheim musical, shedding a new light on every relationship and character. It is current, topical and very much of today. In short, it’s a spectacular triumph.
Implementing PMS Solutions for Yachts in Build is the New Norm
New builds are a chance to improve on the way things have been done in the past and give owners and build engineers the opportunity to fulfil their wildest design and engineering dreams. The deployment of planned maintenance systems (PMS) during the design and build phase is no longer a ‘nice to have’ but the new norm. By implementing a system during this phase, captains and engineers are going a long way towards correctly maintaining their vessel from day one.
Review | 'Six' sees Henry VIII's wives compete in an 'X Factor' style arena to see who suffered the most
What started as a student production at last year’s Edinburgh Festival now arrives in the West End with a whole lot of ‘sisterly sassitude’ before embarking on their ‘Divorced Beheaded Live' tour. It’s a success story every Fringe artist dreams about and judging by the audience’s reaction it’s a success that will only grow as we are bowled over by the sheer power of Six.
The one-man show 'Misty' tells a story about black culture
Misty is pretty much a one-man show performed by actor/writer Arinze Kene. It’s music, poetry, theatre and abstract performance art all rolled into one. And it’s delivered with such energy, skill, talent and charisma that it has to be the hottest ticket in town. Kene takes us on his journey through London, a young black man’s experience of a city where boroughs are organs, roads are arteries, white people are blood cells and black people are the viruses.
Still Alice will take you on your own personal journey
Alice is 50 years old and juggles a successful academic career at Harvard University with her also academic husband and two children. Little signs and pockets of forgetfulness pave the way for her journey into early onset dementia. It’s a brave actress who steps into this role made famous by Julianne Moore in 2014 for which she won an Oscar. Sharon Small succeeds in this ultimately powerful yet somewhat mismatched production.
Review | Dawn King's dystopian drama Foxfinder
This dystopian drama gets a West End outing after a successful run at the Finborough Theatre back in 2011. The wonderful intimacy of its previous home is now unfortunately lost with this somewhat patchy production suffering as a result. The plot remains as intriguing as ever however and thankfully just about holds our attention. Samuel and Judith live on a farmhouse somewhere in rural England. It’s a time when both the weather and animals have turned against us.
Review | 'Home, I'm Darling', the new play by Laura Wade
A new play by Laura Wade is always an exciting prospect especially after her scorching examination into the British class system with the massively successful Posh. She now turns her attention to the timely issues of gender diversity, marriage, feminism and the modern world in comparison to the so-called glory days of the past with Home, I'm Darling. The result is a fabulously original, funning and moving portrait of one woman’s struggle to hold on to her values in the face of modern day society.
'The Turn Of The Screw' at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London - review
The magical quality of watching a production at this outstanding outdoor venue as dusk settles on London never fails to impress. The fact that this unnerving tale of horror manages to send a chill down the spine during a London heat wave is testament to its power and quality. The light fades, the shadows lengthen and music and song start to fill the twilight gloom. A governess arrives at a remote country house to take charge of two children, Flora and Miles.
Review | Left at my Desk at the New Diorama Theatre
At only 55 mins in length Left at my Desk is a short, sharp and highly effective glimpse into the world of social care somewhere in the North of England. This is a world of budget constraints, infuriating administration blocks, harrowing cases, personal sacrifices and regular burn out of employees. However, as grim as this may sound Olivia Hirst’s highly engaging script offers moments of tenderness and fabulous humour. Rianna Dearden takes on the central role of Senior Social Worker Becca.
Review | Left My Desk at the New Diorama Theatre
At only 55 mins in length Left My Desk is a short, sharp and highly effective glimpse into the world of social care somewhere in the North of England. This is a world of budget constraints, infuriating administration blocks, harrowing cases, personal sacrifices and regular burn out of employees. However, as grim as this may sound Olivia Hirst’s highly engaging script offers moments of tenderness and fabulous humour. Rianna Dearden takes on the central role of Senior Social Worker Becca.
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"An exploration of fraternal love in all it’s masculine, testosterone-fuelled intensity." First performed at the Young Vic a decade ago, this much lauded play by Tarell Alvin McCraney is returning home. In that time McCraney has bagged himself an Oscar for his feature film Moonlight. And like the Oscar-winning film, The Brothers Size deals with similar themes – black culture, identity, friendship and love. It’s a visual, theatrical experience with the momentum and ferocity of an express train.
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Boxers explore forbidden love in 'Gypsy Queen' at The Vaults, London - review "A harsh, sexy and tender love story of two men trained to fight." Within the world of sport, homosexuality is still very much the love that dare not speak its name. It is this that Gypsy Queen explores as two boxers who have been trained to fight dare to find love, and in doing so find themselves. This 70min production is a funny, harsh and tender examination of what it is to be gay in the world of boxing.
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'Rita, Sue and Bob Too' at the Royal Court Theatre, London - review "This is exactly what we should be watching". This seminal play arrives at the Royal Court not without controversy. Co-director Max Stafford-Clark withdrew from the project three days into rehearsal amidst claims of inappropriate, sexualised behaviour.
‘Inside Pussy Riot’ at London’s Saatchi Gallery - review
‘Inside Pussy Riot’ at London’s Saatchi Gallery – review A unique theatrical experience urging us to stand up and speak out. In 2012 the infamous Russian protest group Pussy Riot staged a rebellious impromptu performance inside a Moscow cathedral. This forty second act of rebellion against the Russian regime saw members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina arrested, paraded through the courts in front of the world’s press and finally carted off for two years hard labour.
Review | Our Great Tchaikovsky at The Other Palace, London
Canadian actor-musician Hershey Felder stars in this solo ‘play with music’ that takes us through the great composers life while interspersed with some of his classic work – ‘Swan Lake’, ‘The Nutcracker’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ to name just a few. This bio-drama is an eclectic mix of music, lecture and political comment that entertains for the most part but at times leaves us wondering why there isn’t an interval.
Review | Loot at Park Theatre, London: “A daring and off the charts crazy staging of a classic”
This excellent production of Joe Orton’s seminal play reinstates lines that were taken out by Lord Chamberlain due to their shocking and offensive nature. Lines poking fun at Jesus and S&M are therefore spoken for the first time and it’s enough to make any theatre nerd quite excited. It is the morning of Mrs McLeavy’s burial and her open coffin lies centre stage. Fresh from a bank robbery, her morally bankrupt son Hal and his ‘friend’ Dennis need somewhere to stash the cash.
Review | Late Company at Trafalgar Studios, London
Debora and Michael are expecting guests for dinner but this is no ordinary dinner party. This is going to be a ‘process of healing’. They have invited Bill and Tamara and their teenage son Curtis. Curtis was instrumental in the homophobic bullying of their own son Joel, bullying which ultimately led him to commit suicide a year before. Themes of bullying, sexuality, suicide and family dynamics are laid bare and it is as tough to watch as it is heart-breaking.
The scars of gay bullying explored in Late Company at London’s Trafalgar Studios - Review
A cathartic evening raising uncomfortable issues of sexuality and teenage bullying. Debora and Michael are expecting guests for dinner but this is no ordinary dinner party. This is going to be a ‘process of healing’. They have invited Bill and Tamara and their teenage son Curtis. Curtis was instrumental in the homophobic bullying of their own son Joel, bullying which ultimately led him to commit suicide a year before.
Review | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Apollo Theatre, London
This classic American mid-century play gets a modern make over in this sultry, sexy and vicious production. The Pollitt family descend on the family home to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday, secrets and lies are exposed, old wounds reopened and all emotions stripped bare. The plantation home of Big Daddy in the Mississippi Delta resembles Trump Tower with soaring gold tin walls, satin sheets, exuding wealth, opulence, possibly not taste.
Review | A Tale Of Two Cities at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London
This Dickens classic, in a new adaptation by Matthew Dunster, is a sprawling epic about people being displaced due to massive social and political upheaval. A story of extreme wealth and opulence and severe poverty, it practically begs the audience to start drawing contemporary parallels. And it’s true that a story about refugees escaping a volatile political environment and trying to find safety in Britain is incredibly timely.
Review | Hamlet at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London
It seems like only five minutes ago since Benedict Cumberbatch played the great Dane – and it was the hottest ticket in town. Now his Sherlock co-star Andrew Scott takes a turn in this transfer from the Almeida Theatre and he is nothing short of stunning. If Hamlet is a revenge thriller, the opening of Robert Icke’s production does not disappoint.
Review | Killology at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London
Welcome to the world of ‘Killology’ – a computer game where players torture and kill their victims. Imagination is key here as the more creative you get with your torture methods the more points you earn. The game’s creator Paul (Richard Mylan) tells the audience that playing ‘Killology’ is a deeply moral experience as the player does not escape the consequences. If you look away then points are deducted. It is a thought-provoking and challenging yet brilliant night of intense theatre.
Review | The Goat Or Who Is Sylvia? at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket
Martin has it all – a beautiful wife, a loving gay son and a successful career. The family is the picture of liberal respectability. That is until Martin falls in love with a goat. A goat named Sylvia. What follows is one man’s downfall as he crosses a line that even liberal society can’t stomach. It’s painful, funny and tragic. Damian Lewis plays Martin with Sophie Okonedo as his wife Stevie.
Review | ‘Don Juan in Soho’ at Wyndham’s Theatre
On paper I can’t think of more perfect casting than David Tennant in the role of the infamous Don Juan. The actor has charm, personality and charisma by the bucket load. And during the course of Patrick Marber’s take on the Molière classic, he takes us on a wild 48hr spree around the character’s beloved Soho, aided by his long suffering man servant Stan, a brilliant Adrian Scarborough. The main problem with this production is that Don Juan is supposed to be a loveable rogue.
Theatre review: Love In Idleness
Eve Best carries the evening in this rather uneven yet likeable war time comedy. This war time play by Terence Rattigan shows that even during times of great trauma we can all have a giggle at ourselves. It’s fun and frivolous but the political content and emotional heart prevent it from becoming just a run-of-the-mill comedy. However, despite a strong cast under the direction of Trevor Nunn, it feels like an oddly underwhelming evening. It’s 1944 and the end of the war is in sight.
Review | Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre
This is truly exceptional theatre that will stay with you for a long time, such is the power of the raw, animalistic performances. It’s harrowing, brilliantly funny, devastating, ferocious and at three hours long will leave you exhausted. Middle-aged couple George (Conleth Hill) and Martha (Imelda Staunton) arrive home in the early hours from a university faculty party.
Review | ‘Killer’ at Shoreditch Town Hall
This world premiere by Philip Ridley is playing in rep along with his first, seminal play A Pitchfork Disney. Once again we find ourselves deep in the bowels of Shoreditch Town Hall for what is a chilling, intense and menacing evening. Killer is a series of three monologues performed by John MacMillan. The audience are herded around the space listening to MacMillan’s voice via binaural headphones clamped to their ears.
Review | ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at London’s Young Vic Theatre
Director Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the Young Vic with his trademark audacious style in this dirty and stripped back interpretation of the Dream, although Nightmare would perhaps be a more apt title; the play’s darker elements are brought to the forefront and ramped up to the max. Visually we are offered a vast mud clearing; this production isn’t set in a beautiful forest but something resembling the aftermath of a week-long music festival.
Review | ‘The Girls’ at London’s Phoenix Theatre
I feel cold-hearted criticising this much-anticipated new musical – written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth and based on the 2003 film Calendar Girls – as it has enormous heart. Like an adorable puppy it manipulates the emotions and justwants to be loved. Unlike the film, this production concludes with the famous calendar shoot itself which leaves two hours of very thin plot.
Review | ‘See Me Now’ at the London’s Young Vic Theatre
It’s the oldest profession in the world yet remains a taboo subject. But this startling production puts the human beings behind the term ‘sex worker’ centre stage and gives them a voice. The most striking aspect of this production is the performers. None of them are actors – they all work in the sex industry. As you might expect, they occasionally fluff lines and look uncertain or self-conscious but this gives the production an authenticity, power and rawness rarely experienced in the theatre.
Review | ‘Us/Them’ at the National Theatre
On 1 September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels stormed a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, taking approximately 1,200 adults and children hostage. The siege lasted three days and ended with more than 330 killed, including 186 children, and more than 700 people wounded. How can such atrocities be presented on stage? Well, Brussels-based company BRONKS attempts exactly that – and the result is completely original, unbelievably unique and almost unbearably powerful.
Impact of maternal BMI and sampling strategy on the concentration of leptin, insulin, ghrelin and resistin in breast milk across a single feed: a longitudinal cohort study -- Andreas et al. 6 (7) -- BMJ Open
Results The concentration of leptin in foremilk correlated with maternal BMI at the time of sample collection, at 7 days (r=0.31, p=0.02) and 3 months postpartum (r=0.30, p=25 kg/m 2 . Only healthy, primiparous, breastfeeding mothers, aged over 18 years and their healthy, term infants, with a gestational age of 37 weeks and above were included in the study.
Diabetes in pregnancy and infant adiposity: systematic review and meta-analysis
Results We included data from 35 papers and over 24 000 infants. IDM have greater fat mass than NIDM (mean difference (95% CI)): 83 g (49 to 117). Fat mass is greater in infants of mothers with gestational diabetes: 62 g (29 to 94) and type 1 diabetes: 268 g (139 to 397). Insufficient studies reported data for type 2 diabetes separately. Compared with NIDM, fat mass was greater in IDM boys: 87 g (30 to 145), but not significantly different in IDM girls: 42 g (−33 to 116).
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