An opera based on Melville’s masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick,' docks at the Met The Metropolitan Opera is staging a production of Herman Melville's masterpiece about a white whale, ‘Moby-Dick The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025
‘It’s a radical act to garden’: different queer generations find common ground in nature drama Coral Wylie’s play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew follows a teenager discovering themselves through horticulture and memories of an old family friend, played by Omari Douglas The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025
Who was Kate Middleton before she met Prince William and became the Princess of Wales? As she turns 44, Princess Kate is expected to celebrate her birthday in a quiet, meaningful way alongside Prince William and their children Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025
Peter Carey on Jack Maggs and snubbing the Queen: ‘I thought she was a relic’ As the stage version of his take on Great Expectations opens in Adelaide, the novelist looks back at a right royal kerfuffle – and a memorable encounter with a London cabby The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2024
Roddy Doyle: ‘A PG Wodehouse audiobook made me laugh so much I had to stop the car’ The Booker-winning author on the the joys of Flann O’Brien, the magic of EL Doctorow, and having doubts about Richard Dawkins The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024
Daisy May Cooper on a brush with death, dating after divorce and her passion for the supernatural: ‘People think you’re mad’ After a turbulent few years, she is now hearing voices from the other side. Has the creator of This Country lost her mind? The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey review – emotionally engaging city saga A complex relationship unfolding over half a century is at the heart of the elegant and largely successful ninth novel by the Irish novelist The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024
Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey review – the Irish diaspora Life in the capital is vividly evoked, in a tale of love and loss spanning four decades The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024
What are elevenses? Why you must start following it in your diet plan Merry: Don't think he knows about the second breakfast, Pip. The Times of India · Aug 17, 2024
Sisyphean Quick Fix review – affecting account of uphill family struggles Bettina Paris and Tina Rizzo play sisters who care for their father from different countries in a sincere two-hander The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024
Netflix just got one of the best mystery thriller shows of 2024 — and it's 90% on Rotten Tomatoes One of the best mystery thriller shows I’ve seen this year just landed on Netflix — and it’s 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Tom’s Guide · Aug 1, 2024
I just tried Luma Labs' new ‘loop’ feature for AI video — and it's scary good Luma Labs has added new features to its Dream Machine AI video platform including the ability to loop a 5 second clip. Tom’s Guide · Jul 23, 2024
How we met: ‘We wobbled into each other for a hug and kiss. I always say I walk like a drunken camel’ Pip, 55, and Steve, 53, met through a Facebook dating group for people with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Despite living on opposite sides of the Atlantic, they fell in love The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024
TV tonight: the police-corruption drama that was banned for 30 years GF Newman, the writer and creator of Law and Order, looks back on the controversial 1978 series. Plus: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024 The week in TV: Supacell; Skint: The Truth About Britain’s Economy; A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder; The Man With 1,000 Kids – review A south London superhero drama feels scrappy but real; economist Tim Harford dishes up hard facts; a gen Z Miss Marple is pure middle England. Plus, one seriously rogue sperm donor
AAP · Jul 4, 2024 Toddler's hospital death 'totally avoidable': mum A mother says the life of her two-year old daughter who died in hospital from sepsis was "ripped away", leaving the family struggling for answers.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder review – this very modern Nancy Drew is a hoot Expect leaked nudes, fake texts and Ouija board mayhem as our young sleuth Pip investigates the mysterious deaths of two kids from her school. It’s such perfect fun you won’t even care about the plot holes
Total Film · Jun 5, 2024 Star Wars' cute new droid has an incredibly wholesome inspiration behind it Exclusive: Amandla Stenberg talks to GamesRadar+ about 'working' with The Acolyte's new droid Pip
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024 Filthy lucre is everywhere, but book festivals are an easy target for protesters’ fury Hay and Edinburgh forgo pragmatism in turning their backs on the Baillie Gifford fund
Newcastle Herald · May 17, 2024 The Way It Was: how Wallabadah's building a future from the past The Way It Was in Wallabadah is coming up.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2024 ‘Mum fought like a tigress to stop me going into care’: Jason Wilsher-Mills on turning his childhood paralysis into art At 11, the artist was struck with a condition that paralysed him from the neck down. His new exhibition recalls years of hospitals, family love, and fighting with cinema managers
Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2024 Daisy May Cooper 'pregnant with third child' The This Country star is already mum to daughter Pip, five, and three-year-old son Jack with ex-husband Will Weston
Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024 OPINION - Lots of families have a black sheep like Kate Middleton's Uncle Gary — embrace it The approved response to the Princess of Wales’s bad Uncle Gary is that of “royal expert” Rupert Bell, who has surfaced to say that it would be better if the wretched man had not appeared on Celebrity Big Brother on account of it putting Kate even more in the spotlight.
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024 Best Charles Dickens books to get into one of Britain's greatest novelists Novels for the best of times, and the worst of times
The Conversation · Dec 27, 2023 7 inspiring books for kids this summer, chosen by kids aged 11-12 Kids aged five to 14 read less in their spare time than they did four years ago, according to a recent study – but a healthy 72.4% still like to read.