Books Books I’m a jam doughnut GORDON PARSONS appreciates a very necessary exploration of the benefit of knowing more than one language
LITERATURE Monday 17th May 2021 LITERATURE Revelatory work of literary detection Research into the lost plays of the Shakespearean period provides new insights into the Bard and his work, says GORDON PARSONS
THEATRE ONLINE Friday 23rd Apr 2021 THEATRE ONLINE A Splinter of Ice Engrossing drama of Moscow meeting between Soviet spy Kim Philby and novelist Graham Greene
THEATRE ONLINE Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 THEATRE ONLINE Things won't be what they used to be GORDON PARSONS recommends a sharply satirical take on what awaits us after the pandemic ends
BOOKS Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 BOOKS Being Human after 1492 Succinct account of colonialism’s history of blood, cruelty and greed
ONLINE THEATRE Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 ONLINE THEATRE Tales from the Front Line Resonant accounts of the impact of the pandemic on the black community
BOOKS Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 BOOKS Biography: Joseph Conrad Enlightening overview of a literary pioneer
BOOKS Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 BOOKS Passing: An Alternative History of Identity Remarkable exploration of how we construct our sense of belonging
Best of 2020 Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Best of 2020 Theatre and Books with Gordon Parsons IT SEEMS strange to realise that live theatre, with its shared audience experience, is so long ago.
Theatre Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Theatre Tales from the Front Line… and other stories Virus of racism diagnosed in acute commentaries on pandemic
Book Review Friday 13th Nov 2020 Book Review Writing out Vietnam war traumas Levy’s compendium is as concerned with the legacy of the Vietnam War on the hapless vets, trying to live in a society which responded with the standard ‘thank you for your service’