Arts REVIEW: This much is true – Miriam Margolyes A natural raconteur the book is a superb read and may challenge as much as it will certainly delight. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Reluctant Gay Activist by Terry Sanderson Sanderson, one of our National Treasures has published this revised memoir, in which he looks again at his very long involvement with equality campaigning and particularly the struggle for gay rights, of which he formed a key role and how his life as a leading secularist guided him. I’ve got a lot By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye Keeping the emphasis on change, clearly detailing the harm caused by the current toxic situation but keeping the attention on hope, on what could and should be done by everyone interested in real equality to achieve it by working in solidarity. This is a book which offers us a way onward, to a bet By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: The Male Gaze- Celluloid Dreams Brian Butler views the latest compilation of Queer films from nqv media By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Brian finds a Tony-award comedy is a play of two halves By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune It’s about people finding ways to make the most of the time they have, and finding the power to enable themselves to change, and love being worth the risk of huge change. Throw in a ghost doggy, an impish spectral Grandad and a rather swish tearoom at the end of existence and this is an uplifting, By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Play that goes wrong @ Theatre Royal Building up into an entirely daft crescendo of madness the entire play, cast, set and night literally starts to fall apart. It’s done with such wit and well-rehearsed charm that it looks random and ad hoc a real testament to this tightly worked and skillfully directed groups of actors who all work v By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Dick Whittington – A New Dick In Town Brian Butler finds even the rats and a lizard are cute in this Vauxhall panto as he views the new Dick in Town Above the Stag… By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain the narrative is suffused with joy, skipping around with an inventiveness that carries the plot along. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Gangsta Granny Theatre Royal What’s not to like about a fun, silly, life affirming show like this with a strong moral message about appreciating our older relatives before they’re gone, sharing our wild and wonderful stories from life all mixed up with some hearty farts! By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: SIX The Musical Brian Butler loses his head over the brilliant SIX – The Musical By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Indecent Proposal Brian Butler finds a new interpretation of this controversial story intriguing By Brian Butler • 3 min read
