Lands Of Make-believe

Magic has conquered the adolescent world of cinema entertainment, writes Peter Craven.

The Trouble With Hyphens

The painful quest for identity, especially in multicultural settings, seems never-ending in adolescent lives.

Third Time Lucky

I have had many run-ins with bibs, braces and bubble skirts. Starting with a Blue Light disco sometime in the mid-'80s where I tried to foist my coveted Smiths 45s on Constable DJ, only to be met by a sea of angry adolescent bubblers and breast-defining suspender-sporters. Not that I have anything against any of these styles. Indeed, I have pondered collective nouns for groups of them (a scum of bubble skirts, a levity of bubble skirts, a constriction of braces). It's just that they never seem to ...