It’s now a cliché that each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Eugene O’Neill’s semi-autobiographical play Long Day’s Journey into Night was so close to the bone that he stipulated it not be performed until a...
Read MoreIt’s hard to imagine a Dickens novel as a stage play. Aren’t they just interminable? Didn’t he string them out to fill the magazines he published them in? The Victorians could do a cracking box set, yes, but a night out? But...
Read More…I grew up in a suburb. So when I came to Lancaster I was gobsmacked. Lancaster was proper old. Like lots of towns it had a proper river, a proper train station, a canal, hills, views and the seaside, but what really...
Read MoreSimon Schama is the kind of historian I want to be when I grow up. His books transport you to 17th century Holland, the French revolution, and African-American slaves joining the British in the US War of Independence. He...
Read MoreBefore I went to Clown Fest I thought there were two kinds of clown: kiddy clowns and scary clowns. The only exception to this rule is if you are Stephen King, when your kiddy clown is actually an inter-dimensional monster...
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