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Category Archives: Fiction
Guide to The Time Traveller’s Wife musical in the West End
Audrey Niffenegger’s hit novel has already been adapted for screen – now, it comes to the stage. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged adaptation, apollo theatre, audry niffenegger, dave stewart, david hunter, eric bana, film, joanna woodward, joss stone, lauren gunderson, london, musical, rachel mcadams, rose leslie, Steven Moffat, the time travelers wife, the time travellers wife, the time travellers wife musical, theatre, theo james, tv, west end
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This tale of Georgian London’s sexual underworld is lurid – but is it true?
In Neil Blackmore’s latest historical novel, the city drips with forbidden desire, but the line between fact and fiction makes little sense. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged book, gay, gay marriage, georgian, historical fiction, historical novel, john church, lgbt, london, molly house, neil blackmore, novel, queer, radical love, review, telegraph
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A complete guide to The Wizard of Oz in the West End
From the tale’s origins to its stage adaptations, MGM movie, and this latest Palladium revival. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, ashley banjo, book tickets, Dianne Pilkington, dorothy, film, gary wilmot, guide, jason manford, l frank baum, leicester curve, london, london palladium, london theatre, mgm, movie, musical, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, summer theatre, the wizard of oz, theatre, tim rice, west end, wicked movie, wicked musical
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Eavesdropping, power-games and sexual drama? This novel was written for HBO
Big Swiss, Jen Beagin’s third novel, features deceit, passion and cruel humour, and it’ll be right up Jodie Comer’s street. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged big swiss, book, comedy, drama, hbo, hudson, jen beagin, jodie comer, lesbian, new york, novel, review, satire, sex, therapy, trauma, tv
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Sam Neill’s memoir delves into cancer, Jurassic Park – and some painful celebrity tales
Did I Ever Tell You This? ranges from emotional intensity to pithy insider quips, all told in an endearingly earthy style. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Film, Journalism
Tagged autobiography, book, cancer, celebrity, did i ever tell you this, hollywood, hugh grant, jurassic park, memoir, meryl streep, review, sam neill, telegraph
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The Red Bird Sings: the bizarre true story of how a ghost testified in court
Aoifa Fitzpatrick draws on an extraordinary 1897 trial in a debut novel that’s a blend of courtroom drama, murder mystery and feminist fable. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged america, Aoifa Fitzpatrick, book, courtroom, crime, fiction, ghost, Greenbrier Ghost, murder, novel, review, telegraph, the red bird sings, trial
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From the classroom to the trenches, a gay love story for the ages
Alice Winn’s heartrending debut novel In Memoriam, set during the First World War, brings history wrenchingly to life. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged alice winn, boarding school, book, first world war, flanders, gay, in memoriam, lgbtq, love, novel, poetry, queer, review, romance, telegraph, the front, trenches, world war 1
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A Wild and True Relation by Kim Sherwood: George Eliot meets Dickens in a literary treasure hunt
A novel that begins as a swashbuckling tale about smugglers swerves into a smart study of women sidelined by literary history. Read my full Telegraph review here
BookTok superstar Colleen Hoover has sold 20 million novels – but does she glamourise trauma?
Her latest novel It Starts With Us is a troubling blend – and pure fan service. Read my full Telegraph review here
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Tagged atlas corrigan, book, booktok, coho, colleen hoover, domestic abuse, domestic violence, it ends with us, it starts with us, lily bloom, novel, review, ryle kincaid, telegraph, tiktok, trauma
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