Alison Hall
An unhealthy obsession? The cult of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cats’
I must confess – I am quite obsessed with Cats.
Not the animal, of course, but Andrew Lloyd Webber’s seminal
1981 musical and the 2019 film...
‘Don’t Walk Away in Silence’: Ian Curtis Remembered
Monday 18th May marked forty years since Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, took his own life by hanging himself in his...
‘The Yellow Wallpaper’: A study of depression during confinement
TW: discussion of mental illness, suicide
“It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.”
As the...
Stilettos, Broken Bottles and Teenage Heartbreak: A Love Letter to Robyn’s Dancing on my Own
When I was sixteen, I was in love for the first time.
It was a boy from a school near mine, who I’ll refer to...
Sex and Sensibility: Are ‘Spiced Up’ Adaptations really that progressive?
Pulses were sent racing in 1995 when Andrew Davies’ television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice saw Mr. Darcy, played by a fresh-faced Colin Firth, emerge sopping wet from a lake in a translucent white shirt that barely clung to his torso.
Review: The Roaring Girl – ‘a ground-breaking proto-feminist piece of theatre’
With cross-dressing, feminist themes and a feisty soundtrack, The Roaring Girl proves a fifth week delight
