Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan Tailby·Nov 15, 2025The ChoralCancel culture is nothing new. In this World War One set drama, all things German or suspected German are being cancelled or spurned, often…
Pat Taub·Jan 31, 2024My Picks for Winter Reads: 2024Growing up pre-internet meant books in hard covers were my primary source for literature and knowledge about the world at large. From the…
Tony Jemmett·Aug 20, 2021The Lady In The Shed‘The Lady in the Van’, by Alan Bennett, is the true story about an eccentric homeless woman that ended up living in the front garden of the…
S M Chen·May 18, 2021Rabbit HolesWhen one decides to jump down a rabbit hole, as did the fictional young girl Alice one fine summer day in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 “Alice’s…
InWrite, I MustbyMister Lichtenstein·Dec 18, 2020The Best Writing Advice I HaveAbout twenty years ago I saw The Lady In The Van on stage in London. Maggie Smith starred in it. It was the play’s first time on stage. It…A response icon1A response icon1
InBoosting and Writing MattersbyShain E. Thomas·Jul 5, 2020Shain E. Thomas: Curated “NT Live” Articles, May 28— July 2, 2020Five curated “National Theatre Live” articles
Kate French-Morris·Jan 11, 2020I’m not happy, but I’m not unhappy eitherIt’s not so easy to assess the present. But the past is like candlelight: it always looks better than it is. We sit back and replay our…
The DON — Done. Organised. Never Forgotten.·Mar 2, 2019The Uncommon Reader 📚This is a charming book, Alan Bennett is a national treasure and I have yet to read anything by him that I haven’t loved. He also makes…
Curt Eriksen·Jul 20, 2017The Uncommon Reader — Curt EriksenAlan Bennett’s delightful novel The Uncommon Reader is a paean to the art and joy of reading, an ode to the worlds that can be explored and…
