THE SLICK ART OF CRUDE OIL
Copy: The National 07/12/11 >> Artist Piers Secunda wanted to chronicle the most important natural resource of our times; oil. But he took his interest to obsessive lengths – he decided he wanted to depict […]
Ben East
DOCTOR WHO THE MOVIE: A BAD COMPANION?
Copy: The National 06/12/11 >> Late last month rumours that film adaptations of Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica coalesced into something more substantial. But the reaction from fans was less than enthusiastic – probably thanks […]
Doorstopping fiction back in fashion
Copy: The National 05/12/11 >> Julian Barnes may have won the Booker Prize for one of the slightest books in the prize’s history, but a trip to Waterstone’s this Christmas will confirm that the trend […]
REVIEW: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS @ LOWRY
Copy: The Stage, 07/12/11 >> First of the seasonal shows last night, and thankfully it was the Library Theatre’s offering. You can always rely on them for a thoughtful, considered festive show, and so it […]
CIVIL WAR AS VIBRANT POP ART
Copy: The National, 01/12/11 >> Lamia Ziade grew up in the midst of the Lebanese civil war, seeing her apartment destroyed, her parents trapped in the other side of town from her, and her country […]