Review: Billy Elliot at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London
Share This is a wonderful, electrifying and emotional show, which fully deserves its many accolades and five-star ratings. As a separate interpretation of the 2000 film of the same name, I would highly recommend it as a stand-out story and an experience in its own right. The casting of the leads is excellent, with...
The Bechdel Test : Continuing marginalisation of women in the entertainment industry
Share The Bechdel Test was created as a joke by Allison Bechdel in a 1985 strip of her comic ‘Dykes to Watch Out For’. However, it has since been taken seriously as it highlights an ongoing problem in the entertainment industry, that being the repeated lack of substantial female roles which are significant to the...
When God was a Rabbit (2011) – Review & Discussion
Share I found this to be a beautiful and absorbing book, and I cannot recommend it enough. While the blurb on the back cover does it justice, it is so much more than “a book about a brother and a sister…a book about secrets and starting over, friendship and family, triumph and tragedy, and everything...
Saturday Afternoon Tea Dances with Greenwich Dance
Share Greenwich Dance has just embarked on a trial run of three themed tea dances. While Tea Dances have been held every Saturday in the Borough Hall for decades, they have become increasingly popular with younger attendees, and so GDA have responded with a set programme of themed events, with live music, decorations and refreshments...
Review: Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Share The competition for 2011 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year received over 41,000 images from 95 different countries. The esteemed and experienced judges were looking for photographic stories that tell of the wonder and beauty of nature and how impoverished we are in its absence. This display of the winners, runners-up and those...
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