Warning: Adults Only - an interesting article

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at ...> wrote:

> You just know that something like this (the picture) would come out 
> all over the internet, as it apparently has. As if the Harry Potter 
> series didn't have enough bad press in some circles to start with; 
> this just give more fuel to the wackos who are opposed to it. I just 
> wished that he had waited till he was finished filming all of the 
> Potter story before doing something like this. Sounds like a teenage 
> rebellion to me. Had to get past the "goodly two shoes"image. But 
> overall I don't think that it was a good idea at this time. I am not 
> opposed to the play, just the timing.
 
Geoff:
I don't believe he is having a teenage rebellion and that doesn't make 
him a Goody Two Shoes.

I have been gathering together many and varied newspaper reports 
from the UK press about Equus ever since the promotional photos 
appeared on 30/01/07. Daniel comes across as a remarkably mature, 
modest (and sane!) young man considering the pressures on him.

As an example, may I direct you to the following link which is an 
article published in the Observer magazine on 11/02/07. The 
Observer is the Sunday paper published by the Guardian, one of 
our very respected broadsheet newspapers. It's one of the best 
articles I've read.

I'm not sure the original link still works (and it may be for Mac only)
but the following should work:

Go to http://observer.guardian.co.uk

When you get the home page, go to the search box near the top on 
the left-hand side and type in "dirty harry".

The article you want is the second one down, dated 11th February 
2007 and written by Craig McLean.

Interesting that he lives with his parents in Fulham in south-west 
London; I lived within about 3 miles of this area for over 40 years.