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  Catching up (Part 3)

  April 2020 to December 2020 In which the Tourist condenses down 2020, in and out of lockdown, mostly watching stuff on a screen. Don’t worry he also took walks, saw punters when permitted and growled at the state of his disappointing nation, but it is only now he is back…

  November 5, 2021
• Culture Feminism Georgian History Justice London Patriarchy Suffolk Theatre

  The Welkin at the National Theatre review ****

  The Welkin National Theatre Lyttleton, 4th February 2020 Rural Suffolk. 1759. A court case. There was only ever going to be one companion for the Tourist’s visit to see The Welkin. Step forward MS. A Tractor Boy by upbringing, if not birth, and an expert on all things legal and…

  April 23, 2020
• Acting Culture Family Fertility London Theatre

  Avalanche at the Barbican Theatre review ****

  Avalanche: A Love Story Barbican Theatre, 8th May 2019 Dear Wonderful People Who Make Theatre, Please can you persuade Maxine Peake and Andrew Scott to come together on stage in a naturalistic two hander about a normal couple who have something extraordinary happen to them. Manchester, London or Timbuktu. I…

  May 21, 2019
• Culture Manchester Theatre USA

  Death of a Salesman at the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester review *****

  Death of  a Salesman Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, 12th November 2018 The greatest English language play from the second half of the C20? Waiting for Godot? All That Fall? Or maybe Beckett’s Endgame? No, too tricky by half. A Streetcar Named Desire? It just about sneaks in time-wise but too…

  November 26, 2018
• Community Culture Economics Film History Manchester Politics

  Peterloo film review ****

  Peterloo, 2nd November 2018 I doubt that there has ever been a more carefully researched, painstakingly assembled or more vividly imagined “history” film than Peterloo. If you like Mike Leigh (I do) you are going to love this. If you like British social, economic and political history (I do) you…

  November 9, 2018