Adrian Lester on Undercover
A version of this article appeared in The National, April 2016 It’s a moment of sheer anguish and conflict. Nick, a former policeman and now author and wannabe athlete, listens to an odd voice-mail from […]
Ben East
Lupita Nyong’o interview
Vision, January 2016 When Lupita Nyong’o finally signed up for JJ Abrams’s long-awaited Star Wars film last year, she joined an exclusive club. Before her, only Sir Alec Guinness – who famously played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the […]
The rise of AI… and EI
Vision, February 2016 What happens if the machines we spend billions of dollars creating and refining actually develop sentient qualities? What kind of world would we live in? Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen hit the headlines […]
Michael Dobbs on House Of Cards
The National, March 2016 It was surely one of the most timely sessions at this year’s Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. As Michael Dobbs, creator of the intrigue-laden political series House Of Cards, took to the […]
Kevin Doyle on Happy Valley
The National, March 2016 When the final credits rolled on Downton Abbey, Kevin Doyle – the actor who played the struggling servant Molesley – could have been excused just a little sadness. After all, Doyle had […]