England, finally
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!...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Mar 10, 2019
- 6 min
Richard II
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...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Mar 10, 2019
- 7 min
The Story of England?
Probing nationality, race, gender and universality Much has been made of Richard as the great play about England. This seems rather bold....
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 31, 2019
- 4 min
Don Quixote
Royal Shakespeare Company at the Garrick Theatre, London Saturday 26th January 2019 Review Cervantes is sometimes accorded a similar...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 25, 2019
- 3 min
Mary Queen of Scots
Movie Review: 5 stars The Guardian film critic Pete Bradshaw was disgruntled by the lack of balance in this film. It’s true, Queen...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 20, 2019
- 11 min
Art Rooms 2019
Review Meliá White House Hotel, 11th to 13th January Art Rooms promised to be extra special for me this year. Having reviewed the...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 20, 2019
- 3 min
Art Rooms 2019
Part 2: Hard to leave out... Due to the exceptionally high standard of art on display at the event, Connected Cultures is including in...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 19, 2019
- 3 min
Art Rooms 2019
Part 3: Returning Favourites It was a great pleasure to encounter three of my all time favourite Art Rooms exhibitors again at the 2019...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 4, 2019
- 5 min
Macbeth
Royal Shakespeare Company, The Barbican, 29th December 2018 Review One word springs to mind. Understated. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 31, 2018
- 9 min
Annual Awards 2018
The First Annual Connected Cultures Awards 2018 Recognising excellence, as perceived in the Connected Cultures world, defined by...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 31, 2018
- 4 min
Cultural Connectivity Awards
The Inaugural Connected Cultures Special Award for Cultural Connectivity 2018 With this award we are celebrating excellence in Cultural...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 24, 2018
- 5 min
Macbeth: a national favourite
In many ways Macbeth is the most popular of Shakespeare’s Big Four tragedies. Maybe of all his plays. Hardest to get tickets for at the...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 23, 2018
- 5 min
Words of the Year 2018
Connected Cultures Favourites: A selective review of the year, focusing on the words, names and phrases that have found a special place...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 10, 2018
- 5 min
Othello
Shakespeare's Globe, Monday 8th October 2018 Review A tragedy at The Globe is invariably a triumph, especially when it’s one of the...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 10, 2018
- 9 min
Racism in Othello
In my review of the production at the Globe Theatre in the autumn of 2018, I posited the theory that Othello is not essentially about...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 9, 2018
- 10 min
Becoming Dazzled
Part 3 of a special 3 part feature on Michelle Obama’s historic conversation with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in London: how we celebrated,...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 4, 2018
- 6 min
Becoming Disconcerted
Part 2 of a 3 part feature on the historic conversation between Michelle Obama and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in London. Here: the...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 4, 2018
- 5 min
Becoming Excited
Part 1 of a special 3 part feature on the historic conversation between Michelle Obama and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in London. Here: the...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Nov 21, 2018
- 4 min
Kudos to Brittle Paper
Congratulations to Brittle Paper on hosting their second, annual, prestigious review of contemporary African literary brilliance. A huge...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Oct 27, 2018
- 5 min
In Our Time
Twenty Years of Cultural, Historical, Scientific, Religious, Philosophical Conversation I’m in the Purcell room at the Southbank Centre....
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