Connected Cultures

Finally. Finally. Finally. The Colston statue has been removed. Bristolians, black and white, have together done the decent thing. The on...

Black Lives Matter. Bristol will forever have a terrible past, but finally one of the reasons for long-lasting shame has been removed. Th...

Written by Inua Ellams, Directed by Bijan Sheibani Filmed at London Roundhouse in summer 2019 Screened online, May 2020. Review. This whi...

Shakespeare Lite. I was excited about the prospect of seeing this play. The 38th Shakespeare. The extra one. The play that everyone can a...

English National Ballet Lockdown Wednesday Watch Party - Review. Our cultural lives have just been enhanced with the start of a series of...

Review The Gielgud Theatre, 11th March 2020 Ben Elton has really gone to London Town this time, with this extended live version of the da...

Lina Iris Viktor Exhibition at The Autograph Gallery. January 2020. Review. Some Are Born to Endless Night: Dark Matter is a stunning exh...

The second annual virtual ceremony, once again rewarding Excellence, as perceived in the Connected Cultures world, defined by Montgomery ...

Royal Shakespeare Company, The Swan Theatre, Saturday 2nd November 2019 As soon I saw King John stumble bleary eyed across the stage afte...

Let's be honest. For centuries we have been preparing to fight off invasions and they have never happened. This is our garden; we can grow...

Who Do You Think You Are with Naomie Harris The Difference Between Facts and Truth The BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are is ageing a bit now...

Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon. Saturday 27th July 2019. This is a play where Shakespeare leaves us with more problems th...

So, what exactly is a problem play? Some of Shakespeare's plays just don't fit into the conventional categories of Tragedy, Comedy and Hi...

Sunday 7th July 2019, Kings Cross. The Other Art Fair, promoted by Saatchi Art, offers a regular opportunity in London (also in Bloomsbur...

Things like this never happen to England. Or rather, they never happen for England. But we have just won the Cricket World Cup. Oh my! No...

The National, Friday 5th July 2019. Review. Nobody wants to be average, least of all Peter Gynt, the star of his own world in a reworking...

...and why Andrea Levy would have loved this production at The National. Before going to see Small Island at the National I had seen most...

The National Theatre: Wednesday 29th May 2019. Review. The Olivier set is limited. At first, all we have is a projected sea. The voyage h...

Women of the world unite and...fight? Review: Shakespeare's Globe, 5th March 2019 I cannot recall exactly when, but at some point I gave ...

Probing nationality, race, gender and universality Much has been made of Richard as the great play about England. This seems rather bold....