Reflections on the #Hamilfilm July 17th, 2020 OK, so now you've all had a chance to watch the Hamilton film (the recording of ... Arts, Movies, On Culture
Hunting for a hero February 15th, 2019 Heroes and villains are the backbone of many a good story. Good versus evil. A damsel/city/planet ... Arts, LICC, On Culture
2017: The best bits December 31st, 2017 Looking back over my year, I have to say it's been a pretty good one - ... Arts, Books, Movies, On Life
Making a Song and Dance About Assisted Suicide January 23rd, 2017 Picture the scene: a young couple are walking hand-in-hand across the stage. The girl’s red dress ... Arts, Between the Lines, On Culture, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter
Review of the year (or ‘Last year I may or may not have become a spy’) January 9th, 2017 If you've been following closely, you'll remember that for my birthday last year I had a ... Arts, Books, Movies, On Life, Reviews
Truth, Lies and Dancing January 21st, 2015 I'd forgotten I was going to the theatre last night. At 7pm I was just getting ... Arts, On Life
A Feast of Foodie Films September 11th, 2014 This summer saw the release of two new foodie films, both of which I watched. The ... Arts, Movies, Reviews
Scenes of Morocco August 25th, 2014 It occurs to me that this blog has a 'Gallery' feature, which in the past I've ... Arts
What’s the point of reading? June 4th, 2013 Last weekend I made my first pilgrimage to the UK's biggest and best literary event: the ... Arts, Books, On Culture, Reviews, Things that matter
Places Where People Can Flourish October 8th, 2012 What would your dream house be like? What about your dream office, or supermarket, or community ... Arts, Everything Conference
Give us a smile January 9th, 2012 The historians of the future, if given only portraits for reference, would likely conclude that the ... Arts
Symbolism exists precisely for the purpose of conveying to the imagination what the intellect is not ...
“Visionary works of art inspired by blind rage” May 4th, 2011 So ran the headline of the advertising blurb for a documentary by Andrew Lloyd Webber in last ... Arts, Books
Cultural thinking March 16th, 2011 I've just returned from visiting an art exhibition curated by a friend of mine, Tom Helyar-Cardwell. When ... Arts
What’s the point of…the theatre? July 28th, 2010 As you may have spotted, I love going to the theatre, but I've got pretty exacting ... Arts
