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My Fair Lady at The Questors Theatre

My Fair Lady at The Questors Theatre

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She dropped her aitches but picked up every note, sparkled more than the gems on her gown - and was a pitch perfect blend of fierceness and fineness. Kirsty King, playing Eliza Doolittle, lit up the stage in a new adaptation of My Fair Lady at The Questors Theatre in...

Trojan Barbie – Review

Trojan Barbie – Review

Warning: Many Barbies were harmed in the making of this production.
Lily Lowe

Trojan Barbie - Review Christine Evans’ war torn Troy is a far cry from the pink utopia of Barbieland. Based on Euripides’ tragedy The Trojan Women, the play explores the impact of war on the women left behind. Set simultaneously in the past and present, Trojan Barbie...

A Rare Old Time

A Rare Old Time

A Review of Seven Drunken Nights: The Story of the Dubliners.

A Rare Old Time The Dubliners may warrant a footnote rather than whole chapter in the story of folk music. But, as historians will tell you, footnotes are important. Ged Graham proves an amiable, amusing and avuncular host, as he steers the audience through the...

Review:  A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

Review: A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

Not just a performance, but a declaration by Josie Dale-Jones.
Zoe Brunskill

Josie Dale-Jones is a force to be reckoned with as she takes to Shoreditch Town Hall for her show, A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here. The show is an exploration of topics such as censorship, free speech, artistic freedom, and cancel culture.  In 2022,...

Fiona Forsyth on Death and the Poet

Fiona Forsyth on Death and the Poet

The author discusses the inspiration behind her latest book in The Publius Ovidius Mysteries series.

So, we are back in Tomis – will there be another murder to be solved by the Roman love poet Ovid? Oh yes! I was chatting about this the other day with some fellow crime writers, and we decided that the ideal detective and hero for a mystery series is – a writer. There...

Anne O’Brien on The Queen and the Countess

Anne O’Brien on The Queen and the Countess

Bestselling author Anne O'Brien chats to us about her latest novel, and re-examines the history of the women at the heart of the Wars of the Roses.

Anne, many congrats on the new novel. We’re in England in the early 1450s and just at the start of the Wars of the Roses. Queen Margaret and Anne, Countess of Warwick are the main two characters. What was the genesis of the story? The battles and political struggles...

James Dunford Wood

James Dunford Wood

The novelist and writer talks history, his inspiration and recommended reads.

James Dunford Wood, what first attracted you to the 1930s and beyond? I inherited a set of war diaries written by my father, covering 1939-1946 and RAF campaigns in Iraq, Burma and North-West Europe. Can you tell us a little about your research? For my book The Big...

The Fires of Gallipoli, by Barney Campbell

The Fires of Gallipoli, by Barney Campbell

The Fires of Gallipoli is more than just a wartime history, it is a tale of epic friendship and its trials and joys.
Ella Beales

The Fires of Gallipoli explores resilience, self-discovery, fortitude and friendship during, and in the aftermath, of the Gallipoli Campaign. This book follows Edward Salter, a shy 25-year-old solicitor whose life is changed by the outbreak of the First World War and...

James Dunford Wood

James Dunford Wood

James Dunford Wood began working life as an art history tour guide taking specialist groups around Europe, China and Central Asia. During this time, he developed an enduring fascination with the stories of lesser known destinations and off-the-beaten track communities.
James Dunford Wood

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Found, by Will Erikson

Found, by Will Erikson

The book is full of the rich detail you would expect from an author with personal experience of his subject matter.

Found is the debut novel from Will Erikson. It is set in 2003 in the chaotic aftermath of the coalition invasion of Iraq. Told in the first person, the protagonist, Harry Smith, is a junior officer in the UK intelligence services who is deployed to Iraq as part of the...