Word: down-at-heel
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...most susceptible to the BNP's promises of better representation for "the invisible majority" of white citizens and a stop to immigration and asylum. Similar conditions and promises boosted the Front National's first-round tally in last month's municipal elections in Hénin-Beaumont, a down-at-heel town in northwestern France and former Socialist Party stronghold. (Read: "Labour Pains: Gordon Brown is Running Out of Time...
...Before that happens, these complex patterns will show up in Australia's popular culture. The characters in Footy Legends, a new film directed by Khoa Do, reflect that layering. On the surface, this feel-good tale is about a group of mates from the down-at-heel western suburbs of Sydney trying to win a football tournament; beyond this, it's a story about Vietnamese refugee Luc Vu's battle to retain custody of his little sister Anne after the death of their mother. In one sense, it's formulaic film-making (the triumph over adversity), but Footy Legends...
Until recently, Thonglor was a distinctly unfashionable side street off Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok's pre-eminent designer artery. But this surprisingly leafy thoroughfare?once the preserve of tacky wedding centers, shabby eateries and down-at-heel car dealerships?is suddenly in the grip of a major outbreak of chic...
...down-at-heel, white-brick building in Clapham, South London, the season's most ambitious theatrical project is nearing completion in absolute secrecy. No outsider is allowed into the rehearsal rooms of the Royal Shakespeare Company as the famous theater troupe goes through the final test runs of Midnight's Children, adapted by Salman Rushdie from his beloved, groundbreaking 1981 novel. Those involved will only be interviewed in a room high in the building, away from where the show is taking shape. What's happening down there? "We're experimenting, playing games, finding a theatrical language for the play," says...
...first play, a one-acter called The Room, debuts at Bristol University. About a mysterious visitor to a down-at-heel apartment, it sets the tone for the major Pinter plays to come...