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
Review: Comptoir Libanais is Chelsea’s Hidden Lebanese
Comptoir Libanaise London’s Chelsea neighbourhood has a lot of restaurants to choose from (I’m guessing so does New York’s area of the same name) but sometimes you want to go … Read More
Movie Review: Ready or Not
Review: Ready or Not Ready or Not is a doozy, as Skyler White might say, and lord knows she is an expert in family nightmares. This darkly charming horror/thriller is … Read More
Theatre Review: Rouge, at the Underbelly Festival
Review: Rouge Rouge is not for the kiddies – they do spell that out on the poster – unless you want your little ones to rethink unicorns and get aroused … Read More
Album Review: Years to Burn
Review: Years to Burn I was lucky enough to see Calexico stomp through ninety minutes of live genius last year at London’s Shepherds Bush O2 venue, promoting their album The … Read More
August at the Soho Theatre
August: Soho Theatre One of my favourite venues in London is hosting one of my favourite comics, and her husband. Natasha Leggero (Another Period, Burning Love, and lots more) and … Read More
Theatre Review: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Corelli finally hits the stage. Did you read the book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin? Millions worldwide did and I remember seeing it clutched in the hands of a … Read More
Book Review: The Liar’s Room, Simon Lelic
Review: The Liar’s Room After a two-page opening that couldn’t be more attention grabbing, The Liar’s Room jumps back a bit to start our story in a therapist’s office; two … Read More
Twelfth Night at the Rose Playhouse
Twelfth Night Much has been made – even here at PCB, and by me, of the not so recent trend of staging a Shakespeare play in a modern or quirky … Read More
Review: A Simple Space, Underbelly Festival
A Simple Space Every once in a while when in the audience watching something amazingly cool, there comes a little slip up. The singer misses a note, the second serve … Read More