Tonight I was lucky enough to get to see Paloma Faith at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London – and WOW, she blew me away! Unusually, this was a gig that we’d actually paid to go see (Christmas present from Greg :)), and so I’d been tremendously excited for months about it, to the point […]
REVIEW: Love Never Dies
On Friday night, I was very lucky to be invited to the latest buzz-show to open in the West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, currently playing at the Adelphi Theatre, located on The Strand. The show is currently in its preview period, and will have it’s opening night / World premiere on March […]
Build up to seeing Love Never Dies
Despite my earlier reservations, I am actually warming very quickly to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Love Never Dies”. I am off see to one of the previews (on Friday), so watch this space for my review! As I am going to see the show through work, the possibility that the great Lord himself may get handed […]
FILM REVIEW: A Single Man [2009]
It is very rare that I find I can sum up whatever it is that I am reviewing in just one word, however in the case of Tom Ford’s directorial debut, A Single Man, I find this to be easy: Beautiful. Synopsis: A SINGLE MAN is based on the novel of the same name by […]
BOOK REVIEW: Gypsy Boy
Recently, I have been reading the autobiographical (and Sunday Times Bestseller) Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh. Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you […]