Over the past 50 years, publishing house Gollancz has been responsible for some of the most exciting, groundbreaking and best-selling science fiction and fantasy writing, everything from JG Ballard to Philip K Dick. To mark […]
There was an interesting news story in Variety recently suggesting classical CD sales were on the up in the States. Is this part of a wider trend? Is classical music cool all of a sudden? […]
When Disney announced that they’d bought the rights to “Avatarworld”, it set me on a nostalgia-laden trip to Universal Studios California, and the increasing realisation that most new theme park rides are based on blockbuster […]
Claire Tomalin’s excellent Charles Dickens biography reminded me that Library Theatre Company had a pretty good stab at Hard Times in Murrays’ Mills earlier this year. I reviewed it for The Stage – it was […]
In which I got completely bamboozled – in a good way – by a new play which blurred the lines between performance and rehearsal. On tour this autumn and well worth catching “The intrigue lies […]