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} // ]]> </script> <ul id="blog-posts-excerpts"> <li class="first date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Saturday 8 August 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/08/theatre-edinburghfestival" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Edinburgh fringe: a tale of three monologues}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Edinburgh fringe: a tale of three monologues</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <p>At the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.traverse.co.uk/">Traverse</a> in Edinburgh yesterday I saw five shows; by the end I was shaking with a fever, but I am sure it was nothing to do with an overdose of theatre.</p><p>Aside from that, I had a good day, with three shows to heartily recommend. The first is David Greig and Gordon McIntyre's <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.traverse.co.uk/shows_midsummer.htm">Midsummer</a>. It's described as a "play with songs", and it's a joyful, fun and very silly romantic comedy. When it premiered last year, my Edinburgh friends raved about it so I was very glad to get the chance to see it. It's not going to change the world, but it is utterly charming, hugely enjoyable and, like all Greig's plays, well-made. </p><p>For something completely different... you must try <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.traverse.co.uk/shows_internal.htm">Internal</a>, from the Belgian company Ontroerend Goed, which last year staged what I reckoned the best show at Edinburgh – the heftily titled Once and for all we're going to tell you who we are so shut up and listen. But book now for Internal, because it's an intimate show for just five audience members at a time. Nor is it everyone's cup of tea. I don't want to ruin the surprises, but one is required to interact with the actors, be subjected to some unsettling experiences, and answer some extremely personal questions. It lies somewhere between a date and a group therapy session. If both those scenarios sound rather terrifying to you, then maybe give it a miss. But I had a lot of fun.</p><p>The other three shows were monologues, each written and presented by men. I hadn't been expecting to receive a masterclass in the art of the monologue but there it was. <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/08/theatre-edinburghfestival">Continue reading...</a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/08/theatre-edinburghfestival?commentpage=1" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Edinburgh fringe: a tale of three monologues}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351374173 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charlottehiggins" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Charlotte Higgins}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Charlotte Higgins</a> <span class="timestamp">09.39 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Tuesday 4 August 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/04/oxfam-second-hand-books" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Up with Oxfams second-hand book shops | Charlotte Higgins}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">What's wrong with Oxfam selling secondhand books?</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/04/oxfam-second-hand-books" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Up with Oxfams second-hand book shops | Charlotte Higgins}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="David Taylor, manager of the Oxfam bookshop in Salisbury" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/4/1249391973876/David-Taylor-manager-of-t-001.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">Simply better at bookselling? David Taylor, manager of the Oxfam bookshop in Salisbury. Photograph: Sam Frost</p> </div> <p>Having read <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/04/oxfam-shops-booksellers">Steven Morris's excellent piece on the subject this morning</a>, I am trying desperately hard to summon up sympathy for the secondhand booksellers complaining of unfair competition from Oxfam book shops. On the whole, I am failing. It is not clear to me why we should be invited to imagine that selling books in order to help development projects in Africa (for instance) is less worthy than selling them for individual profit, and I am extremely glad that Oxfam has, as the piece implies, simply got much better at bookselling. <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/04/oxfam-second-hand-books">Continue reading...</a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/04/oxfam-second-hand-books?commentpage=1" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Up with Oxfams second-hand book shops | Charlotte Higgins}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351192763 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charlottehiggins" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Charlotte Higgins}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Charlotte Higgins</a> <span class="timestamp">14.34 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Monday 3 August 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/03/booker-prize" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Hilary Mantel and the Booker prize odds}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Hilary Mantel and the 'mystery' of the Booker prize odds</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/aug/03/booker-prize" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Hilary Mantel and the Booker prize odds}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Hilary Mantel" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2009/4/25/1240668944828/Hilary-Mantel-002.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">'She deserves the wider recognition': Hilary Mantel. Photograph: Karen Robinson</p> </div> <p>Only last week I was sitting down for a drink with a friend, a betting man and a senior editor at a leading literary magazine. We were idly chatting about the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/28/booker-prize-longlist-me-cheeta">Man Booker prize longlist</a>, which had been announced that day. "I'll put money on Hilary Mantel if the odds are any good," he said. I nodded sagely. It seemed a no-brainer. I hope he got round to doing it before they were slashed in 12-1 to 2-1 at the weekend, as recounted in a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090809010141/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/02/booker-prize-odds-hilary-mantel">front-page story</a> in the Guardian today. I certainly would have done myself, had I been a free agent not employed by the Guardian.</p><p>Why? 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