The Bloodhound Describing a movie as “stylish” is a double-edged sword. Here’s a compliment to the new thriller The Bloodhound: it is very stylish. If you are a fan of … Read More
Movie Review – Under the Skin
Under the Skin Beware the stunning brunette in the white van. Unlike most visitors to Glasgow, she’s not there for football, or a good time. If you accept that ride … Read More
Book Review: Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton
Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton It can be tough to write a novel mainly dissecting the love and relationships that occur in your early 30s without making it sickly sweet or … Read More
Movie Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Where’d You Go, Bernadette The book Where’d You Go, Bernadette? (with a question mark) was everywhere a few years ago; you could see the distinctive cover art of a woman’s … Read More
Mini Review: Mid-August Lunch
Mid-August Lunch If you’ve been quarantining with older family members, then you might really relate to this charming nothing of an Italian movie. Directed by and starring Gianni Di Gregorio … Read More
Virtually Green Note
Green Note (at Home) One of the things we are all missing the most during this quarantine is getting out to see live music. So effortless. Get your hand stamped, … 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
Music Review: Lucinda Williams Good Souls Better Angels
Good Souls Better Angels Lucinda Williams, at age 67, has a lot to say about the state of the world in her latest album Good Souls Better Angels. When she … 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
Book Review: One Two Three Four
Review: One Two Three Four So, what don’t we know about the Beatles? Craig Brown’s take on the band, is what. The satirist and author of unusual, funny and page-turning … Read More
Film Review: The Perfect Candidate
The Perfect Candidate The Perfect Candidate opens up with our lead driving a car, a scene only significant because this is the story of a female doctor, and she lives … Read More
Review: Jekyll and Hyde at VAULT Festival
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
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