Water, Water Everywhere

4 January 2012 London My first theatre show of 2013, and damn, it was a goodun – Fiona Shaw incanting … More

The Neverending Hobbit

3 January 2013 London Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy changed my life. But the first part of … More

20 November 2012 London Prime Minister John Key’s thoughtless “gay red top” gaffe demonstrates the persistence of homophobia in New Zealand’s … More

24 October 2012 London My submission to the New Zealand Parliament, who are currently considering allowing gay and lesbian couples … More

16 October 2012 London The BBC’s surprise TV hit of the summer, The Great British Bake Off, has rebirthed one of … More

20 August 2012 London Is something rotten in the state of Britain? In this cultural round-up, I review the National Theatre’s … More

9 August 2012 London Danny Boyle’s 2012 Olympics opening ceremony was mad, self-indulgent, occasionally brilliant and very, very British. With … More

1 August 2012 London My tribute to the giant of American letters, stately homo and provocateur Gore Vidal, who died this week. … More

24 July 2012 London My review of the finale of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy – a film so unrelentingly fascist … More

23 July 2012 London What happens when a soprano has a vocal meltdown in the middle of a sold out performance? We found … More