Review: Lovesong, Frantic Assembly

Written for Culture Wars Lovesong is an intricate, nuanced essay that’s been smudged into illegibility by tears. While it glances off a wea...

Review: Beautiful Burnout, Pleasance Courtyard

Written for Culture Wars When it comes to tales of sporting endeavour, we all know the formula. Set up an opposition of sorts, usually eithe...

Review: Othello, Lyric Hammersmith

Written for Culture Wars In relocating Othello to the blood-red dinge of a run-down Northern pub, Frantic Assembly have transformed it from ...

Warning: Smoking can seriously damage your fiction

I have two habits: smoking and theatre-going. Like a persistent framing device, a hasty cigarette will immediately precede and follow any pe...