Main pic: James Thacker Taking their template from the Greeks – specifically Aristotle – Shakespeare’s tragedies centre on a man’s downfall brought about by a fatal character flaw. Macbeth has his ambition, Othello his jealousy and Hamlet his indecisiveness, famously encapsulated by the existential question “To be, or not to be”. Continue Reading
I love the summer. It’s my favourite season. What’s more, I don’t trust people who claim to prefer one of the other, less fun seasons. Freaks. I feel the same about people who say they prefer expensive, cocoa-heavy dark chocolate to Dairy Milk or, worse, people who claim to “love olives”. Continue Reading
Microscopic songbird Lots Holloway’s latest single, Lose Myself, has already set Spotify on fire since its launch three weeks ago (review here), forcing the streaming service to increase its bandwidth ten-fold to cope with demand. Not really, obvs., but the track has been doing really well and is set to get Continue Reading
Reading Dustin Lance Black’s book Mama’s Boy, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of kinship and camaraderie which, frankly, I hadn’t expected. Black’s book is tribute to his mother and anyone who has lost a parent cannot fail to share and remember their grief. Black’s description resonated so much with Continue Reading
Diamonds are smaller than bricks, and Lots Holloway is smaller than most other humans but, as if to prove that small things come in great packages, the diminutive songstress’s latest release has not only come close to exhausting this reviewer’s gags about Holloway’s stature, but has also demonstrated that the Polly Continue Reading
Luxury boutique hotel The LaLiT London is celebrating Pride with a touch of extravagance this year. For this Pride, you will have the opportunity to top and tail the summer’s biggest party weekend with drag dining and a boozy brunch. The hotel is ready to champion its ethos of #PureLove and Continue Reading
Graham Watts, director and producer of this “lost” play by prolific playwright Sophie Treadwell – credited with writing more plays than Shakespeare, including her most famous work “Machinal” – cites in the programme his admirable ambition to produce plays through the ages by eminent female writers whose works have been ignored Continue Reading
Watching Splitlip’s “Operation Mincemeat” a musical comedy interpretation of a factual, yet improbable, wartime event that ostensibly helped the allies win the war, was exhilarating and felt like an absolute privilege. It is the first time that I have been in the audience of a new piece of writing like this, Continue Reading
Linda Riley, the publisher of DIVA Magazine, reviews the Celebrity Edge and gives it five stars. It’s no secret that cruising has been experiencing something of a renaissance in recent years. What was once considered as the preserve of the older generation is now becoming increasingly popular among people of all ages and Continue Reading
It is worth noting that “The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson” was co-funded by Arts50, a scheme commissioned by Sky Arts to explore the notion of what it means to be British in the wake of Brexit. Of almost 1,000 entries, this was one of a shortlist of only 50 to receive funding. With achingly Continue Reading
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