Steve McQueen: Year Three – mighty and tender ★★★★★
Steve McQueen’s staggering career has led him to win both an Academy Award and the Turner Prize before the age…
Banal Bicycle Club?
Note to reader: Bombay Bicycle Club is one of my favourite bands. Their 2014 album So Long See You Tomorrow…
Easy Life’s Junk Food satisfies but doesn’t fill up
I’ve been anticipating this album for a while. I want to write about different albums from all corners of the…
What’s coming up: February 2020 in film, in print, on TV, and on stage
Films Perhaps the most anticipated film in February is Birds of Prey, the Suicide Squad spin-off, which says a lot…
200 years of Anne: in defence of the best Brontë
If your first reaction to the title was: “that’s probably Charlotte and Emily Brontë’s sister!” this one’s for you. The…
Closed circle: Mac Miller’s posthumous album is tragically beautiful
The accidental overdose of Mac Miller in September 2018 is one of the few celebrity deaths that shook me to…
1917 – Sam Mendes’ meticulous craft has no limitations
This World War One drama can be summed up very simply: Lance Corporal Schofield (George MacKay) and Lance Corporal Blake…
Anne with an E – ahead by a century ★★★★
L. M. Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables is more than a beloved classic. It’s warmly comforting and upliftingly…
Al Blyth: career advice, digital surveillance, and his experience as a playwright
The Haystack — a new play by LSE alumni Al Blyth, opening at Hampstead Theatre on 31 January, directed by…
Dracula – A bloody good adaptation ★★★★
The infamous story of the blood-sucking vampire is well known and often adapted, but this new miniseries, from Sherlock creators…
