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Fury (Red Stitch) – theatre review

I long to see whatever Joanna Murray-Smith generates (and her output is prolific) … with very good reason. Her writing…

Tea with the Dames – movie review

Tea with the Dames provides a fly-on-the-wall look at four grand dames of British theatre. This quartet have been friends…

The Mathematics of Longing (La Boite) – theatre review

The letter i is the square root of -1, which cannot occur; it is impossible, not because it doesn’t exist…

Hereditary – movie review

Toni Collette puts in a dominant performance in the dramatic thriller Hereditary. When the matriarch of the Graham family passes…

Ocean’s Eight – movie review

Last year we had the all-female remake/reboot of the 80s cult comedy Ghostbusters, which opened to lacklustre reviews and box…

Kodachrome – movie review

In these days of instant communication, you have to come up with a pretty good reason for a road trip.…

Mute – home entertainment review

Fortunately, Alexander Skarsgård isn’t by nature a voiceless person. It would have been a strange sight in The Legend of…

Hell-On (Neko Case) – music review

It’s been five years since Neko Case’s last album, but it’s not as if she’s been silent since the release…

Golden Man Booker Prize shortlist – books news

The Golden Man Booker has revealed the shortlist of five books in contention for the Golden Man Booker Prize. This…

My Friend Dahmer – movie review

Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He only stopped after being captured and put in…