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Tag Archives: fiction
Will this novel do for Joan of Arc what Wolf Hall did for Thomas Cromwell?
Katherine J Chen’s fresh and enthralling novel Joan reimagines the servant girl who took on the English as a hardscrabble survivor. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged book, fiction, hilary mantel, historical, joan, joan of arc, katherine j chen, novel, review, telegraph, wolf hall
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Dark Earth review
Magic in the ghostly rubble of 6th-century London. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged ancient rome, anglo saxon, book, dark ages, dark earth, fiction, historical, history, londinium, novel, rebecca stott, review, roman, telegraph
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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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Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon review: Outlander is back – but why sideline the heroine?
After a seven-year wait, the new instalment of the Outlander series finds our heroes caught in the middle of the American Revolutionary War. Read my full Telegraph review here
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Tagged claire, diana gabaldon, fiction, go tell the bees that i am gone, history, jamie fraser, outlander, review, romance, telegraph
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A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre
Hot off award-winning film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and reunited with Matthew Dunster, who directed his hit Hangmen, Martin McDonagh brings his latest to the Bridge – quite a coup for Nick Hytner. Yet this provocative take on Hans Christian Andersen, and on the nature … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a very very very dark matter, author, belgium, book, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, charles dickens, colonialisation, congo, fiction, hangmen, hans christian andersen, jim broadbent, london, martin mcdonagh, phil daniels, race, review, story, three billboards
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Thomas Cole, The Lehman Trilogy, The Wife and Caitlin Moran
On my September MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition TheNational Gallery spotlights American landscape artist Thomas Cole Film Glenn Close is riveting – and Oscar-tipped – in The Wife Theatre An epic story told by a trio of actors in The Lehman Trilogy at the National … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, book, caitlin moran, cinema, commute, commuter, exhibition, fiction, film, gallery, glenn close, how to be famous, lehman brothers, london, metoo, moveto, moveto town and country magazine, movie, national gallery, national theatre, oscar, play, read, review, sam mendes, simon russell beale, the lehman trilogy, the wife, theatre, things to do, thomas cole, turner, visit london
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Michael Jackson, Incredibles 2, and The King and I
On my August MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition Michael Jackson’s influence on artists explored at the National Portrait Gallery Film The super-family is back in Incredibles 2 Theatre A golden revival of The King and I at London Palladium Commuter corner Seek out new … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, august, backlisted, best, book, commute, commuter, exhibition, fiction, film, gallery, holiday, incredibles 2, london, london palladium, magazine, michael jackson, moveto, moveto town and country, movie, musical, national portrait gallery, podcast, read, recommend, review, summer, superhero, the king and i, theatre, things to do, things to see, top, visit london, west end
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Summer Exhibition, Translations and Ocean’s 8
On my July MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition Grayson Perry curates a colourful and inclusive Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Film Girl power in the all-female reboot Ocean’s 8 Theatre Brian Friel’s Translations at the National Theatre is a tender epic Commuter corner Anuradha Roy’s All … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Lives We Never Lived, anne hathaway, Anuradha Roy, art, banksy, best, book, brian friel, cate blanchett, commute, commuter, david hockney, exhibition, fiction, film, grayson perry, grenfell, heist, july, london, met gala, moveto, moveto town and country magazine, movie, national theatre, novel, oceans 8, painting, play, read, review, rihanna, royal academy, sandra bullock, summer, summer exhibition, theatre, translations, ukip, visit london
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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
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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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