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30 September 2015
Review: The BBC's Lady Chatterly's Lover
The recent TV adaptation may not have remained faithful, but it does shed new light on the classic.
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30 September 2015
Danny Wallace and Jamie Littler at Bath Children's Literature Festival
Danny Wallace is a natural fit as a children's author, achieving that nigh on impossible adult trait of speaking to children as equals.
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27 September 2015
Classic Stories with Kate Saunders and Holly Webb
Should classic books be sacred? And, if you do choose to revamp or serialise a classic, how should you go about it?
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26 September 2015
Judith Kerr at Bath Children’s Literature Festival
Witnessing the brilliant Judith Kerr in conversation at Bath Children's Literature Festival, it's great find the renowned author is still at such a creative highpoint.
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19 September 2015
Harrogate at Hightide Festival
Harrogate is a play that slowly gets under your skin until, before you know it, you feel you need a good scrub to get it all out. Brilliant, but utterly twisted.
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18 September 2015
So Here We Are at Hightide Festival
Luke Norris has created a script for So Here We Are that is so tightly packed with laughs, that the ending — despite its inevitability — can't help but rip your guts out.
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26 August 2015
The Orchid and the Crow
Did you know that there's a Bristol in Australia? Me neither. Well, I do now, and so do you.
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26 August 2015
A Pocketful of Grimms
Rumplestiltskin, Hansel and Gretle, The Original Beauty and the Beast, The Bird, the mouse, and the sausage. Four tales, all oddly to do with food.
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24 August 2015
Christian O'Connell: You've Ruined My Morning...And Other Fan Mail
You'd expect Christian O'Connell, celebrated breakfast radio DJ, to come out and express an infectious confidence and have a wide presence on stage. You wouldn't be disappointed.
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24 August 2015
Morgan Berry: Watership Down
Rabbits, a Carwash and a Bafrican. No, that's not a typo.
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24 August 2015
Chris Martin: This show has a soundtrack
No, it's not that Chris Martin. Although, oddly, he has the same middle name.
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22 August 2015
What is Luxury?
I visited the Victoria and Albert museum with Derby Museums and Art Gallery.
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21 August 2015
Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Just for Graphs
Graphs, fire, and ukulele's - the nerds are back!
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19 August 2015
Oh Là Là! Starring Isabelle Georges
Enchanting, captivating, but marred by the speakers.
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19 August 2015
Gay Furnish: Flirt Coach
Want to see what accidental vulgarity looks like? Watch this show!
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19 August 2015
Kyle Kinane: Ghost Pizza Party
The best stand up comedian of my fringe experience
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19 August 2015
One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne
Two Lovers, World War Two, a Time Warp and hearts breaking everywhere. No, this isn't a Dr Who episode.