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Relatively speaking, with Catherine Carr
Some 80% of us have at least one sibling, which makes it so commonplace we don't often give it much thought. But we should, says journalist Catherine…
3 months ago
Jess Baxter on Tracey Emin's Second Life
Dame Tracey Emin burst onto the art scene in the 1990s and controversy has followed her ever since. Like in 1999, when her Turner Prize-nominated My …
3 months ago
The Bush Telegraph: Better not get a Travelodge
Hannah and Mick have braved this week’s onslaught of fresh hell. They’ve even tried turning it off and on again, but no, the news keeps newsing. And …
3 months ago
Rated or Dated: Jack and Sarah (1996)
Dench, McKellan, Atkins, (Richard E) Grant! Who doesn’t love a bit of Tim Sullivan’s weepie ‘90s romcom? Hmmm, maybe Mickey and Hannah. Maybe even Je…
3 months ago
Helen Bain on Syliva Plath’s daffodil days
For her debut novel, Helen Bain chose one of her heroes as her focus: poet, author, arch-confessionist and genius, Sylvia Plath. The Daffodil Days sp…
3 months, 1 week ago
Washing up with Isabel Daly
Despite very little experience in feature filmmaking, director Isabel Daly teamed up with writer Issy Brett and actor/writer/producer, Carys Glynne, …
3 months, 1 week ago
Flicking #71: I Swear
Kirk Jones’s biographical drama based on the true life story of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette Syndrome, is currently no 1 …
3 months, 1 week ago
The Bush Telegraph: Reports of our cognitive decline are greatly exaggerated
Turns out we all just need to be a little more Linford, a little less Peter. Just one life lesson from Mick and Jen’s look at the news this week. The…
3 months, 1 week ago
Rated or Dated: Lone Star (1996)
Long regarded as the peak of American indie filmmaking in the 1990s, John Sayles neo-western/murder mystery has a cracking cast and asks a huge moral…
3 months, 1 week ago
Poorna Bell wants more
When she turned 40, journalist and author Poorna Bell decided she’d had enough of being told her best years were behind her – not least because she w…
3 months, 2 weeks ago