I didn’t know much about Bangladesh before I read this novel. There were scattered images in my head of children running from flooding, poverty, mud, cloth serving as clothing… deposited but not processed in memory from television news programmes I presume I watched all those years ago. When Bangladesh was finally granted independence in 1971, [...]
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A Golden Age – a book review
Posted in Books, tagged 1971, A Golden Age, Bangladesh, independence, Pakistan, Rehana, Tahmima Anan on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rocky Horror in Trieste
Posted in Letters from Trieste, Reviews, Theatre, tagged Blue Rinse Brigade, Christopher Biggins, Eddie Izzard, Erik Arno, Frank 'n Furter, Frankenstein, Julian Clarey, King's Road, Magenta, Michael Aspel, planetarium scene, Rebel without a cause, Riff Raff, Rob Fowler, Rocky Horror, Royal Court Theatre, Teatro Rosetti, Tim Curry, transsexual, Trieste on April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m writing this after a glass or two of Prosecco, sitting on the balcony, looking at the sun set behind the Faro. Yep, me and the girls arrived in Trieste yesterday for the Easter holidays. We went to see the Rocky Horror Show this afternoon! I tell you, The Rocky Horror Show on a Sunday [...]
Billy Elliot – Musical or Film?
Posted in Theatre, tagged arts, Billy Elliot, Billy Elliot film, Billy Elliot musical, George Maycock, Jamie Bell, miners, review, Tom Holland, Victoria Palace Theatre on March 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Took the kids to see Billy Elliot on Tuesday – cheap block tickets so we were sat at the Victoria Palace among five rows of uncharacteristically quiet Japanese students, most likely stunned into silence by the thick Geordie accents on stage – and the noise going on in the row behind us: a line up [...]
Last Night’s TV: Red Riding
Posted in Reviews, Television, tagged Andrew Garfield, Channel 4, Last Night's TV, Rebecca Hall, Red Riding, Sean Bean, West Yorkshire on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shouldn’t have watched it. Still recovering. Feel as though I’ve been hit over the head with a truncheon, or had my fingernails removed, or my bollocks tweaked. Thought it was brilliant (I like feeling shit).
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