Jekyll and Hyde Fire Hazard Games is back with another intereactive mobile game, this time channelling Victorian hysteria via Jekyll and Hyde. So how was it – did we end … Read More
Review: Emma.
Emma. Famously, Jane Austen’s novel starts thus: “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition…” . Where in there does it say she’s almost bitchy? … Read More
Nicolaes Maes at the National Gallery
Nicolaes Maes From illicit goings-on in servants’ quarters to portraits of high society, Nicolaes Maes captured life upstairs and downstairs in the Dutch Golden Age. This exhibition at the National … Read More
Theatre Review: Sky in the Pie
Sky in the Pie Children’s theatre can fail in two main ways – it can be saccharine sweet, or frantically stupid. We adults know it, but don’t fool yourself – … Read More
Theatre Review: CROOKS 1926
CROOKS 1926 Slip into the world of Peaky Blinders – CROOKS 1926, an immersive theatre game (it is game-ish), is on through March 29th, and is a great night out. … Read More
Vault Festival 2020
VAULT Festival 2020 VAULT Festival is back for its 8th year. Taking over venues throughout Waterloo, VAULT Festival 2020 will showcase over 500 shows with the best in new writing … Read More
Single Review: Hilary Woods -Tongues of Wild Boar
“Tongues of Wild Boar” Irish musician Hilary Woods has a new album due in March called Birthmarks, and we were treated to a preview via the single “Tongues of Wild … Read More
Film Review: The Woman in the Fifth
The Woman in the Fifth When sifting through streaming options you have the wonderful possibility of stumbling upon a small but proper movie, with names you recognize, that you’ve never … Read More
Review: Little Women
Little Women I suppose I must start this review with the not very shocking admission that I loved the novel, Little Women. Well, of course I did, I am an … Read More
What to do in London – January 2020
What to Do in London – January 2020 We might be winding down the twelve days of Christmas, but the London calendar is full of things to do. Whether it … Read More
Book Review: Dream Sequence
Dream Sequence Get to know an obsessive fan (wait, can we immediately substitute “stalker” if they are just dreaming away…?) and wonder what makes them tick in Adam Foulds’ new … Read More
Review: Hunter Killer
Review: Hunter Killer Oh my, Beasts – where do we start with this submarine nightmare? Not with any fond memories of 1995’s Crimson Tide, so stop those, stop it, rightnowstop! We … Read More
Movie Review: Ford vs Ferrari
Review: Ford v Ferrari That need for speed, it started long before Top Gun. Kids have raced their bikes for pocket money bets, hot rodders have wagered their vehicles on … Read More
Movie Review: The Light Between Oceans
Review: The Light Between Oceans By the time I saw The Light Between Oceans, available on streaming but released three years ago, it had been long enough for me to … Read More