Arts
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The latest way to be progressive: burning books
NOTE: First published in September, 2020. JK Rowling’s new book Troubled Blood is quite literally hot off the press… If you…
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The branding that doesn’t wash off…
These nouveau pieces of ‘art’ look like they’ve been drawn helter-skelter, with no rhyme or reason, by the scratchy ball-point…
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The name’s spoiler… MASSIVE spoiler
I'm shaken, not stirred over the revealing of a major plotline in the new Bond movie because I haven't seen…
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Performing arts in a Covid world
I have interviewed two people, performing artists known to me, who have been greatly affected by the Covid Pandemic and…
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Was it a let down or did it do its Duty?
*contains Line of Duty series six spoilers* I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing – after seven weeks…
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No more Cruel Summers!
Today I booked tickets for a gig. A real, live, in-person concert. I’ve not been to a music event since…
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Is it a sin to play gay when you’re straight?
There was an interesting, yet unresolved, debate recently, concerning casting gay actors in gay roles… A few weeks back, after…
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Send in the clowns, not the gunboats
As the capital and other parts of the UK were once again plunged into more stricter Covid-19 restrictions, pubs, restaurants,…
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Not so Misérable after all?
The West End is a sad place right now… Symptomatic of the distress, The Sondheim in Shaftesbury Avenue, which, until…
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To act or not to act?
The dictionary defines the word ‘actor’ as someone who pretends to be someone else while performing in a film, play,…
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