Anthem For Doomed Youth, Wilfred Owen
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers...
View ArticleLa Feuille Blanche, Paul Valéry
En vérité, une feuille blanche Nous déclare par le vide Qu’il n’est rien de si beau Que ce qui n’existe pas. Sur le miroir magique de sa blanche étendue, L’âme voit devant elle le lieu des miracles Que...
View ArticleMadwomen in my Attic
It’s been a week since I resolved to make more time for blogging this year, so it’s probably about time to look like I’m making an effort. Over the last month or so I’ve become completely preoccupied...
View ArticleNora: out of the Doll’s House?
Nora, stage version by Ingmar Bergman, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s famously feminist play A Doll’s House. Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. 28th January – 18th February 2012. Directed by Patricia Benecke....
View ArticleMary Shelley
Last night I saw Shared Experience‘s production of Mary Shelley at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. I’ve read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein three times in the last six years, since I was 16, and I’ve long...
View ArticleThe Father
The Father by August Strindberg, new version by Laurie Slade. Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. 31st March – 14th April 2012. Directed by Joe Harmston. As a follow-up to Nora, I went to see The Father on...
View ArticleDulce et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men...
View ArticleWork experience: The Wharf
My first work placement of 2013 took me to the dizzying heights of Trinity Mirror’s 20th and 21st floor offices in the iconic One Canada Square, for two weeks at The Wharf. I’ve always found Canary...
View ArticleFrom Clerkenwell or not from Clerkenwell, that is the question
Originally published at Islington Now. William Shakespeare’s London career is traditionally associated with Southwark, where the famous bankside Globe Theatre stood between 1599 and 1644, not far from...
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