-
Recent Posts
Tags
Archives
Follow me on Twitter
- @bonnie_langford Can't wait to see you in action! x 2 days ago
- RT @mkmswain: Loved chatting to the one and only @bonnie_langford about @AnythingGUK @BarbicanCentre, #DoctorWho, #EastEnders, #Strictly an… 2 days ago
- Wordle 374 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 2 days ago
Links
Tag Archives: novel
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
Thrown review
This plodding pottery club novel proves Sara Cox should stick to broadcasting. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged book, novel, pottery, review, sara cox, telegraph, thrown
Leave a comment
James McArdle: ‘Boris Johnson missed the point of Macbeth’
The actor chats the Scottish play and the BBC’s Life After Life. Read my full The i Paper interview here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged actor, adaptation, almeida theatre, bbc, book, boris johnson, drama, inews, interview, james mcardle, kate atkinson, life after life, london, macbeth, novel, play, Saoirse Ronan, shakespeare, the i paper, theatre, tv
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
Lessons in Chemistry
From scientist to celebrity chef: Bonnie Garmus’s funny feminist fable. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged apple tv, bonnie garmus, book, brie larson, celebrity, chef, feminist, lessons in chemistry, novel, read, review, scientist, telegraph
Leave a comment
The Plant Hunter by TL Mogford review: Indiana Jones meets Treasure Island
A Victorian adventurer is chased by pirates, thieves and botanists in this swashbuckling romp of a novel. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged adventure, book, botanist, novel, read, review, telegraph, the plant hunter, thomas mogford, tl mogford, victorian
Leave a comment
The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre
Phillip Pullman’s tricky prequel struggles to find magic. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, book, book of dust, bridge theatre, his dark materials, la belle sauvage, london, london theatre, nicholas hytner, novel, philip pullman, play, review, theatre
Leave a comment
What A Carve Up!, Online
Jonathan Coe’s satirical thriller has been inventively adapted in this joint digital project between three theatres: The Barn, Lawrence Batley and New Wolsey. Presented as a Netflix true crime doc-meets-YouTube conspiracy, it’s a gripping watch. Read my full The i Paper review … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, alfred enoch, digital, fiona button, government, jonathan coe, murder, mystery, novel, online, play, review, satire, streaming, the i paper, theatre, thriller
Leave a comment
MARIANKA SWAIN ~ WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW 