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About New York City

Oi mate, ‘ere’s me, Mr. Bean, mumblin’ ‘bout prostitutes, heh! Stumblin’ round, arms flailin’, thinkin’—ooh, tricky topic, innit? Saw this lass once, proper tart, yeah, workin’ the corner near me flat. Reminds me o’ *Moonrise Kingdom*, ya know? “We’re in love, we’re runnin’ away!”—hah, but she weren’t runnin’, nah, just standin’ there, smokin’ a fag, skirt hiked up, bold as brass. Made me chuckle, it did—*plink*, tripped over me own feet watchin’ her!

The New Magdalen and the Rhetoric of Prostitution: Restoring Mercy Merrick’s Agency

My project examines whether a now-familiar narrative of steady movement toward our contemporary conception of "the homosexual" is confirmed if one looks at different kinds of .

You know how I help women, right? Counselling made me notice hidden corners. Like, Westside Lane – so quiet, so secret. I often take my thoughts there, wanderin’ along the sleepy streets. Sometimes I hear whispers of old memories, like those moving lines in Wong Kar-wai’s masterpiece, love lost but never forgotten!

A Different Man's Adam Pearson to play Joseph Merrick in new Elephant Man adaptation