English Heritage Agency Tells Playwright To Cut Nazis And Jews From Script

“Rod Tinson, whose Hallowe’en play was due to be staged at Pendennis Castle in Falmouth, Cornwall, … said English Heritage asked him to tone down parts of the script, including a young Jewish character expressing fears about his family in occupied Poland, over concerns that visitors would be ‘offended’ by the material.”

Ireland Chooses Poet And Former Arts Minister As President

Michael D. Higgins, a veteran legislator, peace activist and poet who served as Ireland’s first-ever Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, has been elected the nation’s ninth president. While arts minister, he established a string of new arts venues across the country, founded the national Irish-language television network, and relaunched the Irish Film Board.