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Tag Archives: crime
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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Harry Reid talks Witness for the Prosecution
As the Agatha Christie play celebrates its fifth birthday, the actor chats about returning to the role of Leonard Vole. Read my full London Theatre interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged agatha christie, book tickets, court room, crime, drama, eastenders, harry reid, interview, leonard vole, london, london county hall, london theatre, play, theatre, whodunit, witness for the prosecution
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A Tidy Ending
Joanna Cannon’s serial killer thriller sacrifices human complexity for cheap twists. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged a tidy ending, book, crime, fiction, Joanna Cannon, murder, mystery, novel, review, telegraph, thriller
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Seek justice at the theatre
The best courtroom dramas and crime thrillers in London. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged agatha christie, courtroom drama, crime, drama, les miserables, london, murder mystery, musical, play, shakespeare, theatre, to kill a mockingbird, west end
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Monet, Black Panther, Brief Encounter and Medieval whodunnit
On my April MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition The National Gallery explores Monet’s relationship with architecture Film Marvel-ously diverse heroics in Black Panther Theatre Emma Rice’s gorgeously romantic take on Brief Encounter Commuter corner Medieval whodunnit in Samantha Harvey’s The Western Wind Read the full page … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged april, art, arts, best, black panther, book, brief encounter, commute, commuter, crime, emma rice, empire cinema haymarket, exhibition, fiction, film, gallery, impressionist, london, magazine, marvel, monet, monet and architecture, moveto, moveto town and country, movie, mystery, national gallery, picks, play, read, review, samantha harvey, the western wind, theatre, thriller, visit london, west end, whodunit
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Frozen, Theatre Royal Haymarket
No, it’s not that Frozen – although the immortal words “Let it go” do appear in the second half. Otherwise this is a far cry from the Disney juggernaut. Bryony Lavery’s 1998 play deals with the abduction of a child, and asks whether … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, child, crime, criminal, doctor foster, evil, frozen, jason watkins, london, missing, mother, murdered, play, review, serial killer, suranne jones, theatre, theatre royal haymarket, visit london, west end
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Degas, London Design Festival and Lisbeth Salander
On my September MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: By design Highlights of the 15th annual London Design Festival Don’t miss: Last impression Burrell Collection Degas gems at the National Gallery Commuter corner The Girl Who Takes an Eye for … Continue reading
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Tagged art, book, commute, commuter, crime, degas, design, drawn in colour, exhibition, fiction, gallery, impressionist, lisbeth salander, london, london design festival, magazine, moveto, moveto town and country, national gallery, novel, podcast, read, spirits, the girl who takes an eye for an eye, thriller
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The Maids, Trafalgar Studios
“Murder is hilarious,” quips Zawe Ashton’s scheming maid, and in Jamie Lloyd’s high-octane, queasily comic revival of Jean Genet’s radical 1947 play, it really is. It’s also lurid, strange, bleak and powerfully transcendent, as befits a piece that locates hunger … Continue reading
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Tagged class, crime, downton abbey, drama, existentialist, gender, jamie lloyd, jean genet, laura carmichael, london, maid, murder, play, race, review, sex, sisters, the arts desk, the maids, theartsdesk, theatre, trafalgar studios, uzo aduba, west end
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Hangmen, Wyndham’s Theatre
Just what constitutes reasonable behaviour in an enlightened society? Not long ago, the death penalty fell under that umbrella in Britain, and state-sanctioned killing as punishment for the crime of, well, killing is just the kind of twisted irony that … Continue reading
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Tagged capital punishment, crime, david morrissey, death, drama, farce, hang, hanged, hangmen, johnny flynn, justice, london, martin mcdonagh, murder, oldham, pierrepoint, pinter, play, pub, review, royal court, sixties, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, west end
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