Darkest Hour - in conversation with Gary Oldman
On the face of it, a film about three weeks in the life of political icon Winston Churchill, at the most critical time in the Second...
Far From the Madding Crowd - film review
'Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;
Along the cool sequester'd vale of life
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Bridge of Spies - In conversation with writer Matt Charman
Brooklyn, 1957, and fifty-four year-old Rudolf Abel lives in a boarding house on Hick Street and rents a studio on Fulton. He likes to...
Time Out of Mind - In Conversation with Richard Gere
George’s life sucks pretty bad – he’s drunk and sleeping in the bath for God’s sake, and there’s this guy Art, who looks a lot like Steve...
Departure, in conversation with actor Juliet Stevenson and director Andrew Steggall
Departure -in conversation with Andrew Steggall and Juliet Stevenson By Angela Elliott Not so much a ‘coming out’ as a ‘coming of age’...
Brooklyn, in conversation with writers Colm Toibin and Nick Hornby, and producer, Finola Dwyer
From the opening scenes in Miss Kelly’s shop all the way through the sign-off, the film Brooklyn is a masterpiece of characterisation,...
The Square of Venus or “Shall I unpaid to Bed?”
An exploration of Covent Garden whores, then and now. By Angela Elliott Visit Covent Garden today and you are surrounded, not only by...
What happened when the old Covent Garden Theatre burned down?
Inside the old theatre - circa 1804 In 1808 the old Covent Garden Theatre burned to the ground. Although this is slightly outside the...
When a character has a past - Kitty (and my) family history
Lovers of the 18th century will be very familiar with this Hogarth, called The Orgy. The original hangs in Sir John Soanes Museum in...
Shock Horror - Prostitute Kitty Ives in murder intrigue
READ HER EXCLUSIVE STORY - Chapter One of The Finish The Year of our Lord, 1769 In which I tell of a man’s death. In the dead of night...
