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    Anders Petersen’s Soho The seedy streets that Anders Petersen walked in the 70s had been transformed when he returned last year. But his new images – which have all the graininess and character of another age – pick out the messy human heart that beats beneath the gloss

    Anders Petersen’s Soho

    The seedy streets that Anders Petersen walked in the 70s had been transformed when he returned last year. But his new images – which have all the graininess and character of another age – pick out the messy human heart that beats beneath the gloss

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    It’s a day of rather dapper demonstration outside the Abercrombie & Fitch store on Burlington Gardens. Protesters are objecting to the company’s plans to open a children’s clothing store on Savile Row in London. They claim the chain store’s presence would signal the demise of a street dedicated to the bespoke tailoring trade Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

    It’s a day of rather dapper demonstration outside the Abercrombie & Fitch store on Burlington Gardens. Protesters are objecting to the company’s plans to open a children’s clothing store on Savile Row in London. They claim the chain store’s presence would signal the demise of a street dedicated to the bespoke tailoring trade Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

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    Most of the 20th century people have been trying to treat homosexuals - from psychoanalysis, oestrogen therapy, electric shock and aversion therapy. This is the latest round is much more spiritually-based and has been going for at least 25 years in the US and, increasingly, here. It seems to be a mixture of a feeling that the person is “wounded” - they talk about emotional woundedness in their stuff. That seems to be old psychoanalytical theory about a distant father and an overbearing mother, stuff that’s been already shown to be not associated with sexuality, but they [campaigners] keep on this line. Professor Michael King on the scientific support cited by anti-gay campaigners for their belief in the power of “therapy” to change the sexual orientation of gay people

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    It was Richard Littlejohn’s worst nightmare. Not just Cloake’s fruit compote and Scotch pancake – he is surely a bacon roll kind of guy – but 5,000 Guardianistas gathered under one roof at Kings Place in London at the weekend for a festival of reasonableness. The weather was perfect, proving that God, whatever the Bible might suggest, is a centrist. Stephen Moss sums up the Guardian’s first Open Weekend event, where we opened our offices and news organisation up to the public. More details on the events, the speakers - and some ways to catch up on highlights from the weekend.

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    Shakespeare on a Tube map - an oldie but a good one. Madrid’s equivalent Oxford Street, the shopaholic Puerta del Sol stop, has been snapped up by Samsung in a month-long deal and renamed Sol Galaxy Note. What would you rename stations on the London Underground? Liking newenergyspace’s suggestions: Toshiba-kerstreetMars-enalFujiCam-den RoadSloans-for-you-SquarePremium Bond StreetLadbroke’s GroveBarclays-water

    Shakespeare on a Tube map - an oldie but a good one.

    Madrid’s equivalent Oxford Street, the shopaholic Puerta del Sol stop, has been snapped up by Samsung in a month-long deal and renamed Sol Galaxy Note. What would you rename stations on the London Underground?

    Liking newenergyspace’s suggestions:

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    Mars-enal

    FujiCam-den Road

    Sloans-for-you-Square

    Premium Bond Street

    Ladbroke’s Grove

    Barclays-water

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