Gig review: Lewis Capaldi
Metro, January 2023 There has always been the sense that you don’t go to a Lewis Capaldi show purely for the arena-filling torch songs. You go as much for the stand-up comedy, the brilliantly industrial language, or, […]
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TV Review: The Rig
Metro, January 2023 In the middle of the North Sea, no-one can hear you scream. Particularly when you’re trapped on an oil rig, a thick, enveloping fog is cutting out all communication with the outside […]
The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
Metro, November 22 His status as a bona fide National Treasure means Bob Mortimer’s debut, an amiable crime thriller, comes with a fair amount of goodwill. Happily, he imbues his quirky characters and even stranger […]
TV review: Mammals on Amazon Prime
Metro, November 2022 Let’s get this out of the way now; given his recent travails with restaurants, there is something beautifully ironic about James Corden attempting to relaunch his acting career as a head chef. […]
Bournville by Jonathan Coe
Metro, November 22 Jonathan Coe’s body of enjoyable, socially-conscious novels largely interrogate politics, class and work via family saga. He’s set himself quite the task this time, a seven decades-long state of the nation survey […]