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Books: Roll up! Roll up! Come and see the strange Hottentots I love you, Black Chops: Justin Cartwright is fascinated by an inter- racial love story but frustrated at the lack of an ending; Kitty and the Prince By Ben Shephard PROFILE pounds 14.99 pounds 12.99 (+ pounds 1.99 P&P PER ORDER) 0870 800 1122
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Peter Lobengula, said to be the son of the Matabele Chief,
Lobengula, who tried to resist Cecil Rhodes's incursions into what
was to become Rhodesia, was one of the stars of a show called Savage
South Africa. This was a sort of action-packed freak show, brought to
Britain by horse trainer and circus performer Frank Fillis in 1899. A
menagerie and an ecumenical African "kraal" were established in
Earl's Court, and twice a day scenes from South African life -
galloping horses, savage Basutos, g...
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Books: Roll up! Roll up! Come and see the strange Hottentots I love you, Black Chops: Justin Cartwright is fascinated by an inter- racial love story but frustrated at the lack of an ending; Kitty and the Prince By Ben Shephard PROFILE pounds 14.99 pounds 12.99 (+ pounds 1.99 P&P PER ORDER) 0870 800 1122
The Independent on Sunday
; Peter Lobengula, said to be the son of the Matabele Chief, Lobengula, who tried to resist Cecil Rhodes's incursions into what was to become Rhodesia, was one of the stars of a show called Savage South Africa. This was a sort of action-packed freak show, brought to Britain by horse trainer and
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Love that split the Empire REVIEW
Mail on Sunday
; ... There is something inexpressibly disgusting in the idea of the white girl mating with the dusky savage,' thundered the Evening News. Ben Shephard has discovered a fascinating story, one that shines a light into some of the murkiest corners of the late Victorian ...
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KITTY DUKAKIS' FATHER SHARES HER PESSIMISM AND PAIN
The Boston Globe
; At last, the deafening silence surrounding yesterday's White House hopefuls, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, has been shattered. Kitty's illustrious father, Cambridge-born Harry Ellis Dickson, 81, associate conductor laureate of the Boston Pops, finally agrees to an updated
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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SHE'S A COMIC KITTEN; Bob meets funny girl Kitty ... aged just 10.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; Byline: BOB SHIELDS THEY say you know you're getting older when the police start looking younger - so what does it mean when you meet a stand-up comic who is already a veteran at the age of 10? Kitty Lovett is the youngest stand-up comedienne ever to appear at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - but
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`She heard no praise' // Kitty Dukakis' dad reveals the roots of her anguish
Chicago Sun-Times
; In Kitty Dukakis' new book, Now You Know (Simon & Schuster), the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis talks about the problems of addiction and of being a politician's wife. She says she drank after-shave lotion, hair spray, rubbing alcohol and vanilla extract to cope
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A life inspired by art; Stricken by brain cancer, Kitty, 20, had the courage to paint as illness ravaged her body.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: RICHARD PRICE TOWARDS the end of her life Kitty Cameron lost the ability to walk, write or even speak properly. Cruelly struck down by an incurable brain tumour as she stood on the threshold of adulthood, she was further handicapped by the complete paralysis of her right side. But she could
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Books: Romanian rhapsody Carole Angier admires a plot that unites tragic East with comic West: Kitty & Virgil by Paul Bailey Fourth Estate, pounds 15.99, 280pp 266pp
The Independent - London
; KITTY & VIRGIL promises a simple, tender story, probably of love. And so it is. But that unusual Latinate name, with its echo of the great poet, hints at more: and there is much more. In Paul Bailey's novel, Kitty is a middle-aged Englishwoman, editor and indexer. She is also a bohemian and a bit
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Vital: I may have lost my Kitty but she lives on in her art; Mum's tribute to her beloved daughter who died of cancer.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ... only five years to live, they kept the news from her. It was only a week before Kitty ... at all costs. We were devastated by the news, but we were also full of hope at the beginning ... than ever and the consultant broke the news to Elizabeth and Peter that their daughter ...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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WHY KITTY THOUGHT SHE WAS A HORSE; Cadfael (Tues, ITV, 8.30pm): Beauty? The way I look is criminal.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England)
; Blonde beauty Kitty Aldridge is best known for her roles in To Play The King and The Ice House. Now she's playing alluring widow Judith Perle alongside sleuth monk Derek Jacobi in Cadfael. Here are 15 things you didn't know about Kitty. Kitty, 34, married former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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MAN, BEAST. . .AND KITTY.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
; Byline: Rebecca Lees BALLOONS and a cake were never on the agenda when Kitty Sewell hit the big fiveo. Instead, she celebrated her birthday by taking to the open roads of Europe on her motorbike - leaving her husband in Switzerland to find her way back home in search of adventure. But perhaps this
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