Curated by Paula Rego and Catarina Alfaro- The Summer Was Just Like A House To Live In, Where Everything Is… Casa das Historías, Cascais Portugal One of the best things about Art and certain artists is their ability to interprete the ordinary and make it a little less so. The more successful ones do it…
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BUCKELLS?!! IAN FUCKING BUCKELLS?!! Mother that wee donkey! Gates was right in season one; Buckells is a plonker, an absolute wee gobshite and I refuse to believe we lived through six seasons, over ten years, only to find out that the fella who can barely scrape by being a copper with what sounds like grade…
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Because I cannot get enough of Daniel Kaluuya. I was privileged enough to watch this movie before lock down ensued in London- I say privilege because these types of movies are rare and often get eclipsed in the plethora of Hollywood remakes and recycles- I have watched it several times over lockdown and the sentiment…
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Whenever Black characters are cast in programmes of any genre or in any setting real or imagined, there is an automatically added prism through which such setting is observed or programme viewed. It is an additional layer of scrutiny of the narrative, storylines, arcs, dialogue, each and every character development, especially Black characters, every single…
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A Night Scene With An Old Lady Holding A Basket And A Candle, A Young Boy At Her Side About To Light His Candle From Hers – A mouthful (also is that the title of the painting) the Mauritshuis says its An Old Woman and Boy with Candle… either way, either name, its a painting…
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Carrie Bradshaw voice; And as I sat there watching episode one of Emily In Paris, I couldn’t help but wonder; do we really need another frivolous show set in Paris? With a bright-eyed, twenty-something caucasian American- Blair Waldorf looking, Serena van der Woodsen dressing, Carrie Bradshaw masquerading- mash up as the main character? Whose role…
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Love is universal, the one unifier we have in common as humans, a sentiment I have often maintained and talked about, no matter where we are, who we are, where we are from, our religion, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity… whatever elements of difference that defines us, love is the single thing that unifies us and…
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What is summer without a playlist, winter rght? Or a whatever. We all need a summer playlist and as a fan of music from the nineties and early naughties my playlist is a mish mash of whatever type of music you can think off, Beethoven along side Tupac, afro beat and pop…maybe even some type…
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Read the book by Andrea Levy and watch the play on the National theatre youtube channel before it leaves tonight 7pm GMT. Preferably read the book after you watch the play because it is there for a limited time. In light of the mood of the world right now, and how history is getting a…
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