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A complete guide to all the songs in Les Misérables
Find out more about Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil’s epic long-running musical. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, bring him home, do you hear the people sing, guide, i dreamed a dream, jean valjean, les mis, les miserables, les miz, london, london theatre, musical, on my own, score, songs, theatre, west end
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Is Strictly’s judging going to pot?
In these divisive times, we can count on the BBC’s sequin-fest to get all the generations round the telly on a Saturday night, becoming armchair experts on fleckerls and voltas. In this 16th series, however, the good ship Strictly has hit more icebergs … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged alexandra burke, ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, bruno tonioli, celebrity, charles venn, column, competition, contemporary, couples choice, craig revel-horwood, dance, dance off, dancing, danny john-jules, darcey bussell, ed balls, hip hop, joe sugg, judges, judging, katya jones, kevin clifton, latin, les miserables, musical theatre, opinion, same sex dancing, score, seann walsh, shirley ballas, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv, unfair
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Strictly Speaking: Semi-final
Two-dance week: often a recipe for disappointing half-dances. But this was actually a decent semi-final, if inconsistent – in performance and in judging. Ah yes. Overmarked, undermarked, wandering free. The judges of Strictly, erratic are we. At this point, Bruno’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, claudia fragapane, dance off, dancing, dancing times, danny mac, final, judges, leaderboard, louise redknapp, ore oduba, recap, review, scd, score, semi final, strictly, strictly come dancing, tv
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
It’s almost worth having bonkers Strictly theme shows just to make us really appreciate the relative sanity of a non-theme show. Well, almost. We’re into “I keep whacking myself with a hammer because it feels so good when I stop” … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged 1980s, american smooth, anton du beke, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, competition, dance, dance today, dancing, daniel o'donnell, elimination, gleb, ireland, irish, jay mcguiness, katie derham, kirsty gallacher, latin, leaderboard, music, paso doble, peter andre, quickstep, recap, review, scd, score, strictly, strictly come dancing, tv, u2, viennese waltz, will young
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Strictly Speaking: Week 2
Yes, it’s that dark week of Strictly. The week when our first couple is thrown out of paradise, and also the week when at least one blogger develops crippling RSI. Still, at least 15 dances meant marginally less filler. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged anita rani, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, cha cha, charleston, claudia winkleman, comedy, competition, dance, dance off, dance today, dancing, eliminated, elimination, gleb, helen george, iwan thomas, jamelia, jay mcguiness, jeremy vine, judges, latin, leaderboard, magazine, mark, music, ola jordan, peter andre, recap, review, rod stewart, scd, score, song, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, training footage, tv, vote, vt, waltz, week 2, wind machine
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
It wouldn’t be Strictly without the epic trolling that is the scoring. Welcome back to judgement as alarmingly random as Caligula’s hiring policies. Some celebs benefitted from the Week 1 Magic 8-Ball, others have cause to grumble, with particular howlers … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged anita rani, anton, ballroom, bbc, blog, carol kirkwood, celeb, celebrity, cha cha, claudia winkleman, competition, dad dancing, dance, dance today, dancing, dancing times, darcey bussell, dirty dancing, emoji, gleb, helen george, it takes two, jive, judge, katie derham, latin, leaderboard, magazine, mark, peter andre, recap, review, scd, score, star, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tess daly, tv, tweet, twitter, waltz
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Strictly Speaking: Week 2
Week 2 of Strictly, and the judges have already taken leave of their senses. It’s going to be a long series. The second performance show – the one which leads to an elimination, and in which, therefore, the scoring is … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, baywatch, bbc, blog, charleston, claudia winkleman, dance, dance today, dancing, disney, elimination, facebook, film, frozen, gone girl, great british bake off, gregg wallace, happy days, jake wood, jennifer gibney, judge, judy murray, latin, let it go, m and s, miss america, movie, one direction, recap, review, rock n roll, salsa, scd, score, scott mills, so you think you can dance, spice girls, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, tv, ukip
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