May 11, 2018
A few years ago as I wandered along a London street looking for a parking ticket machine, I saw an immaculately dressed, petite blonde I recognised. “Hi,” I said. “Hello,” she replied, giving me her trademark beaming smile. It was only then that I realised the...
Apr 10, 2018
It’s not often that you get to travel the world on a Monday but recently I did just that, escaping to the sun of Barbados and the oriental delights of China via Brighton, Southend and Cuba (my geography was always appalling) then zooming back to my childhood via...
Mar 23, 2018
Two people, a piano stool and Tristan Bernays’ script are all that constitute Old Fools, currently playing at the Southwark Playhouse, and there isn’t even a linear plot. Yet somehow, in just 60 minutes, we’re taken into the world of Vivian and Tom, from their first...
Jan 29, 2018
Wendy Mitchell’s memoir, Somebody I Used To Know, gives us dementia from the inside out, from the first, fearful inklings that something is wrong to the nitty-gritty of daily life with a progressive disease that gradually forces her to give up those things (from her...
Jan 25, 2018
Anyone out there remember Singing Together? It ran on BBC radio for 60 years from 1939, when it was introduced to reach schoolchildren evacuated all over the country during the war. At 11 o’clock every Monday morning school teachers across Britain would tune in and...
Dec 1, 2017
I studied ballet for fifteen years and, for me, a trained dancer’s body responding to music is one of the most powerful communicators of emotion, often transcending words. So I was fascinated to hear about a professional dance theatre project inspired by people living...
