Eddie HewittMay 75 minHenry VI: Rebellion / Wars of the RosesRoyal Shakespeare Theatre. April 2022. Review. Finally! Two years, two lockdowns and two postponements later, these two Shakespeare plays...
Eddie HewittApr 263 minIntrospectionby Armando Alemdar Ara, at the Zari Gallery, Fitzrovia, London. From realism to surrealism to abstract and back to realism. This is...
Eddie HewittApr 114 minThe Island of Missing Treesby Elif Shafak Review When viewing Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream, the conventional response is that the skeletal subject in the...
Eddie HewittJan 264 minSwan SongReview. Swan Song is one of those movies that is simply not one of those movies. This film is extraordinarily powerful and moving. At...
Eddie HewittJan 96 minRainbows and FirefliesInterview with Ishika Guha. For the first major feature of 2022 I have chosen to explore a style of painting that is increasingly...
Eddie HewittDec 31, 20214 minAnything GoesRevival / Review. Celebrating a classic, rip-roaringly entertaining musical then and now. Stopping off in the West End, a dash across to...
Eddie HewittDec 27, 202110 minAnnual Awards 2021The fourth annual virtual ceremony, celebrating excellence in Artistic Creativity and outstanding contributions to Social Justice. This...
Eddie HewittNov 6, 202110 minOf This Our CountryEdited by Nancy Adimora and Ore Agbaje-Williams. Published by the Borough press. Review. I turn to books to learn, to engage, to enjoy....
Eddie HewittSep 5, 20215 minThe Merchant of VeniceThe Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington, 4th September. Review. “All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told...” ...but this...
Eddie HewittAug 3, 20215 minTravelogue: Lancashire 1The Journey North. The summer of ’21 and everything is getting back to normal. Except it isn’t. Still, we felt bold enough to take a tour...
Eddie HewittAug 2, 20214 minTravelogue: Lancashire 2Sheep and the Forgotten Lion. Given the pandemic, we have chosen somewhere as remote as possible. Full of beautiful countryside and...
Eddie HewittAug 1, 20216 minTravelogue: Lancashire 3Bring Me Sunshine. Morecambe Bay sounds pleasant. Given a high tide and a sunny day it might be quite perfect for a day at the seaside....
Eddie HewittJul 24, 20214 minThe South Bank Show Awards25th Anniversary Event. In many ways Connected Cultures is inspired by The South Bank Show. Melvyn Bragg is the ultimate role model as a...
Eddie HewittJul 16, 20214 minCelebrating not winningThe latest English fiasco? Or just another one of those things we aren’t very good at? The latest being penalties. Again. This time just...
Eddie HewittJun 6, 20215 minThe Fortune Menby Nadifa Mohamed. Review. I try to curb my expectations when it comes to new novels by favourite authors, but for The Fortune Men I...
Eddie HewittMar 15, 20214 minHamnetBy Maggie O’Farrell. Review. Like the troubled prince, I am a little hesitant. I have no will to give this story away. Which is strange,...
Eddie HewittJan 17, 20214 minThe Perfect Nineby Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Review. The Perfect Nine is a glorious retelling of the story of the birth of the Gĩkũyũ people, featuring Gĩkũyũ...
Eddie HewittDec 27, 202010 minAnnual Awards 2020Celebrating excellence in the Creative Arts and Society, as selected by the Connected Cultures editorial board. 2020 has been an...
Eddie HewittNov 23, 20205 minReynard the FoxRetold by Anne Louise Avery. Review. Reynard the Fox is the master of the grand entrance and he is true to form in this brilliant...
Eddie HewittNov 22, 20202 minVulpes vulpes historicusI’ve long had a fascination with foxes. Early on, I always loved family outings to the countryside to collect blackberries. One time, we...