The Oldie

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At one point in this biopic about Amy Winehouse, she’s sitting, dejected, in Soho Square when she spots a lone fox.

Uh-oh! Ever since that stag kept popping up in The Queen (2006), we know that hunted animals stand in for hunted humans on the big screen.

And poor Amy hunted. I saw her several times in Camden, being

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