Gregory Fritz’s irreverent choreography
BY RUTH MACLEAN
Special to The News
“Contemporary dance is boring and pretentious,” says Gregory Fritz, himself a contemporary choreographer. (more…)
Spencer Tunick interview
BY RUTH MACLEAN
Special to The News
“I’m not as famous as you would think. Not my face,” says Spencer Tunick.
“Andy Warhol’s famous. Damien Hirst is famous. I’m well-known. No one stops me on the street.” (more…)
The Times: ‘I had a headache and fever’ says boy who survived
Published in The Times
Ruth Maclean, La Gloria, Mexico
Chris Ayres, Mexico City
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6188732.ece
In the hilltop village of La Gloria in eastern Mexico, Edgar Hernandez is playing amongst the dogs and goats that roam through the streets, seemingly unaware that the swine flu he contracted a few weeks ago—the first known case of the outbreak—has brought his country to a virtual standstill and put the rest of the world on high alert.
“I feel great,” says the five-year-old boy, showing off his hooded top emblazoned with drawings from the animated movie Cars. “But I had a headache and a sore throat and a fever for a while. I had to lay down in bed.”
Edgar’s mother, Maria, 34, tells a rather different story. (more…)
The Sun: Face-to-face with flu boy
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2401824.ece
Ruth Maclean worked on this story and did all the interviews.
The following was not included in The Sun’s article.
Media crews came and went down the cactus-lined, windy and dry road leading to the Hernandez’ house. (more…)
Masks stolen amid Mexico City earthquake confusion
The pharmacies are all out of masks, antibacterial soap and Tamiflu, the drug that treats this influenza. Despite this the queues go out the doors.
2000 specialist masks have been stolen from the National Institute of Respiratory Disease. (more…)
Conspigacy theories and the Influenza Song
Felipe Calderon, the Mexican president, went on TV this afternoon to confirm the existence of the influenza and to tell everyone to seek medical help if they showed symptoms.
This is very good as conspiracy theories are epidemic. (more…)
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