Henry VI: Rebellion / Wars of the Roses
Royal Shakespeare Theatre. April 2022. Review. Finally! Two years, two lockdowns and two postponements later, these two Shakespeare plays...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Introspection
by Armando Alemdar Ara, at the Zari Gallery, Fitzrovia, London. From realism to surrealism to abstract and back to realism. This is...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Apr 11
- 4 min
The Island of Missing Trees
by Elif Shafak Review When viewing Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream, the conventional response is that the skeletal subject in the...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 27
- 4 min
Swan Song
Review. Swan Song is one of those movies that is simply not one of those movies. This film is extraordinarily powerful and moving. At...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 9
- 6 min
Rainbows and Fireflies
Interview with Ishika Guha. For the first major feature of 2022 I have chosen to explore a style of painting that is increasingly...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 31, 2021
- 4 min
Anything Goes
Revival / Review. Celebrating a classic, rip-roaringly entertaining musical then and now. Stopping off in the West End, a dash across to...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 27, 2021
- 10 min
Annual Awards 2021
The fourth annual virtual ceremony, celebrating excellence in Artistic Creativity and outstanding contributions to Social Justice. This...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Nov 6, 2021
- 10 min
Of This Our Country
Edited by Nancy Adimora and Ore Agbaje-Williams. Published by the Borough press. Review. I turn to books to learn, to engage, to enjoy....
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Eddie Hewitt
- Sep 6, 2021
- 5 min
The Merchant of Venice
The Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington, 4th September. Review. “All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told...” ...but this...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Aug 3, 2021
- 5 min
Travelogue: Lancashire 1
The 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...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Aug 2, 2021
- 4 min
Travelogue: Lancashire 2
Sheep and the Forgotten Lion. Given the pandemic, we have chosen somewhere as remote as possible. Full of beautiful countryside and...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Aug 1, 2021
- 6 min
Travelogue: Lancashire 3
Bring 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....
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jul 25, 2021
- 4 min
The South Bank Show Awards
25th Anniversary Event. In many ways Connected Cultures is inspired by The South Bank Show. Melvyn Bragg is the ultimate role model as a...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jul 17, 2021
- 4 min
Celebrating not winning
The latest English fiasco? Or just another one of those things we aren’t very good at? The latest being penalties. Again. This time just...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jun 6, 2021
- 5 min
The Fortune Men
by Nadifa Mohamed. Review. I try to curb my expectations when it comes to new novels by favourite authors, but for The Fortune Men I...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Mar 15, 2021
- 4 min
Hamnet
By 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,...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 17, 2021
- 4 min
The Perfect Nine
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Review. The Perfect Nine is a glorious retelling of the story of the birth of the Gĩkũyũ people, featuring Gĩkũyũ...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 27, 2020
- 10 min
Annual Awards 2020
Celebrating excellence in the Creative Arts and Society, as selected by the Connected Cultures editorial board. 2020 has been an...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Nov 23, 2020
- 5 min
Reynard the Fox
Retold by Anne Louise Avery. Review. Reynard the Fox is the master of the grand entrance and he is true to form in this brilliant...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Nov 22, 2020
- 2 min
Vulpes vulpes historicus
I’ve long had a fascination with foxes. Early on, I always loved family outings to the countryside to collect blackberries. One time, we...
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