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Oct 23 min read

Awe-Inspiring Puppetry for a Deeply Human Story: Reviewing 'War Horse', Galloping Across the UK on Tour

At the heart of this play is an ode to the “little man”, as characters on both sides of the war are treated with compassion.

Oct 27, 20236 min read

"Cannons are Heard but Muses are Not Silent": 'Shakespeare at War' at the National Army Museum

Photo Courtesy of National Army Museum Two years into the First World War, John CC Taylor wrote a letter to John Hodgeson, his friend and...

Apr 14, 20223 min read

Mala’s Cat Review: A Pertinent Reminder of the Violence of War

Holocaust memoirs are hard to read. Given the unfathomable brutality of this history, to hear a first-hand account of the Nazis’...

Feb 13, 20204 min read

"A Hidden Life" – Terrence Malick’s epic drama is filmmaking at its most lyrical

In his final ever review, the film critic Roger Ebert said of Terrence Malick’s 2012 film ‘To the Wonder’: “There will be many who find...

Aug 15, 20173 min read

5 Must-See Art Exhibitions this August

Matisse in the Studio at The Royal Academy of Arts: If you have ever been eager to step into the creative realm of influential artist...

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