24 March 2014 London Hannah Kent’s first novel Burial Rites tells the story of a young murderess in 19th century Iceland.…
The Importance of Being Earnest
5 March 2014 London My latest post for the Huffington Post – a meditation on the significance of coming out,…
That Sinking Feeling
28 February 2014 London George Saunders’ short story collection Tenth of December has received rapturous praise, prizes and an international readership. Good for him,…
Lear, Here and There
13 February 2014 London/Invercargill Two productions of King Lear in three weeks – one at the National Theatre in London and one…
Falling Down the Canyon
12 February 2014 Invercargill Paul Schrader’s attempt at a directorial comeback – the low-budget erotic thriller The Canyons, starring Lindsay…
Farewell, The Hoff
2 February 2014 Invercargill My tribute to Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the great American actor who died this week aged 46.…
Beautiful Loser
26 January 2014 London Inside Llewyn Davis, a gorgeously bittersweet love letter to early 1960s folk and a meditation on…
Unsweet Home Oklahoma
Friday 24 January 2014 London August: Osage County, Tracy Letts’ celebrated play about family discord on the Oklahoma plains, makes it…
Bayard Rustin: My Hero
20 January 2014 London Remembering Bayard Rustin, Dr King’s openly gay right hand man in the fight for racial equality…
Gone Baby Gone
14 January 2014 London Gillian Flynn’s psychological thriller Gone Girl, about a man who may or may not have murdered…
From the Choirboy Motel 