Tag: John Rowe

Posted in Film Lee Hall

Oscar Week Film Review: Victoria and Abdul

Not even Judi Dench can save this irresponsible look at the British colonial legacy, Victoria and Abdul…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown, Series 1

“To do nothing is the hardest job of all”  It’s taken a little time to getting round…

Posted in Film Lucinda Coxon

Film Review: The Heart of Me (2002)

“And throughout all Eternity I forgive you, you forgive me” For me, there’s a serious problem that…

Posted in Alan Bennett Nick Payne Radio Plays Theatre

Radio Review: Denmark Hill / Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight / The Day We Caught The Train

“I have to write an essay on Shakespeare’s view of the family, it’s a bugger” Denmark Hill is…

Posted in Film

DVD Review: A Rather English Marriage

“We rubbed along alright” Master of televisual adaptation Andrew Davies turned his hand to Angela Lambert’s novel…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Rachel De-lahay Radio Plays Theatre

Review: For Services Rendered / Carnival, Radio 4

“The only thing is to grin and bear it” Timing is everything and the anti-war message of…

Posted in Agatha Christie Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The Memory of Water / And Then There Were None / A Special Kind of Dark, Radio 4

“You’ve got that slight edge in your voice, like a blunt saw” Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of…

Posted in Radio Plays Shakespeare Theatre

Barely-a-Review: Richard III, Radio 3

“So wise, so young, they say, do never live long” I picked on this radio adaptation of…