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Shows to look forward to in 2023

As usual, my 2023 theatre preview looks a little beyond the big names hitting the West End…

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TV Review: The English Game (2020)

Not even a precious few shots of rippling abs and a cast full of talent can save…

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TV Review: The Smoke (2014)

London’s Burning for the 21st century? The Smoke treads familiar ground in soapy nonsense set at a…

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Film Review: Peterloo (2018)

I wanted to like Mike Leigh’s Peterloo, I really did… “You must be famished coming all the…

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TV Review: Chernobyl

In its exploration of the human stories around the nuclear accident, Craig Mazin’s mini-series Chernobyl is simply…

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Review: To Have To Shoot Irishmen, Clapham Omnibus

A play with songs that works in the most achingly beautiful way – To Have To Shoot…

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TV Review: The Town

“Apparently once death seems possible, the idea catches on” One of the things about winding down the…