In an interview with GQ, the actor said that although he has not read the author’s 5000-word blog about her views regarding the trans community, he believes “adult conversation” is needed around the issue. “No hateful rhetoric towards either women or trans [people] – that’s a good start. But weContinue Reading
Sunday April 10 sees the re-opening of Dingles Fairground Museum, operated by the conservation charity The Fairground Heritage Trust. Forced to close in February 2020 as the pandemic took hold, a further setback occurred when our landlord placed the freehold of the site on the market. Our proposed new MuseumContinue Reading
I t’s been nearly four years since we became obsessed with A Very English Scandal, the BBC drama series that reignited interest in the 1970s Jeremy Thorpe scandal. We can’t believe it’s been that long either, but Covid has done funny things to time. Now the scandal is being unearthedContinue Reading
Review at a glance T his exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace is a strange slice of life. It isn’t an overview of Japanese art and artefacts through the centuries; it’s a reflection of those things in gifts from Japan to English/British monarchs and the Japanese items theyContinue Reading
Review at a glance F ame, acclaim, notoriety – all are often attached to great artists, but divinity is rarely bestowed on any but the saints. Raphael was one of those rarities, compared with Christ after he died at the age of 37 on April 6, 1520 (Good Friday; aContinue Reading
A ward-winning actress Juliet Stevenson is bringing her play The Doctor to the West End two years after the Covid pandemic prevented it opening. The star, whose roles include the 1990 film Truly, Madly, Deeply, won acclaim for the role at the Almeida Theatre in Islington and was preparing to openContinue Reading
In celebration of the work of the Cornish poet Charles Causley, the Young People’s Poetry Competition aims to encourage and enable young writers to have a go at writing poetry themselves. Charles Causley wrote prolifically for adults and for young people and much of his inspiration came from what wasContinue Reading
Everyone’s trying to work out who the worst person is in The Worst Person in the World. Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated, five-star tragicomedy centres on Julie, a flitty, yearning young woman about to turn 30, who can’t stick at anything. Is she the true worst? Or is it Aksel, her olderContinue Reading
The platform’s new technology for adaptable clothing design has broader implications for discussions about things like the metaverse and NFTs.Continue Reading
W e all have a lot on our mind – tonight is the last ever episode of Peaky Blinders and to say we’re nervous to know what will happen is an understatement. However, as audiences hold their breath, the BBC provided an extra treat today: the first look at theContinue Reading
