Arts
Ghosts of the Deep

Ghosts of the Deep

If you go down to the watery depths today you’re sure of a dire [...]

Morrissey’s Bookshelf: Billy Liar

Morrissey’s Bookshelf: Billy Liar

Within the other two works mentioned in this series – By Grand Central Station [...]

Review: Gert and Uwe Tobias/Diane Arbus at Nottingham Contemporary

Review: Gert and Uwe Tobias/Diane Arbus at Nottingham Contemporary

There is something deeply unsettling about Gert and Uwe Tobias’ exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary, [...]

Review: Les Misérables

Review: Les Misérables

As I took my seat in the Queen’s theatre in the heart of London’s [...]

Morrissey’s Bookshelf: A Taste of Honey

Morrissey’s Bookshelf: A Taste of Honey

Following on from the last instalment, in which we took a closer look at [...]

The Inquisitive Genius of Sherlock

The Inquisitive Genius of Sherlock

More than elementary deduction, this contemporary crime drama leaves plenty for viewers to wrap [...]

Photographic Phenomenon: Bugs Crawl into Top Spot

Photographic Phenomenon: Bugs Crawl into Top Spot

Thousands of photographs were considered and analysed but finally the wait is over. A [...]

Review: Cirque du Soleil Saltimbanco at the Trent FM Arena

Review: Cirque du Soleil Saltimbanco at the Trent FM Arena

Seemingly, spectacles no longer have the power to suspend reality as they used to. [...]

Morrissey’s Bookshelf: By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

Morrissey’s Bookshelf: By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

They say that “talent borrows, genius steals”, and it seems somewhat apt that this [...]

Review: Hairspray – The Musical

Review: Hairspray – The Musical

As I scan around the room, I wonder how many brothers, boyfriends, friends and [...]

Review: Dreamlands at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Review: Dreamlands at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

The ‘city of a thousand and one cities’, Dubai, sells itself on dreams.  It [...]

Review: Les Promesses du Passé at Centre Georges Pomipdou, Paris

Review: Les Promesses du Passé at Centre Georges Pomipdou, Paris

It cannot be denied that the spectre of communism, in all its austere glory, [...]

Luther: The Bleeding Edge

Luther: The Bleeding Edge

If you were 50 feet up and a child serial killer was hanging perilously [...]

Review: Uneven Geographies at Nottingham Contemporary

Review: Uneven Geographies at Nottingham Contemporary

Globalisation is barely a new phenomenon.  Social theorists wax lyrical about the world becoming [...]