Tom Martland on the many perks of audiobooks, access to complicated literature being the most central one.
Author: Tom Martland
Lights, Camera, But Definitely No Action: Sex On Screen and Covid-19
Curtains have been closed, concession stands bare, for many months. The arts industries have suffered more than many, performing arts in particular, mostly in light of how easily an infectious disease could proliferate in an enclosed space full of people sitting shoulder to shoulder. Concerns now seem to have, well, spread deeper into the industrial Read More…
Richard II: A Queen in Quarantine…
Much as England’s nobility battles for power in an ever-changing political imbroglio, Not The Way Forward Productions’ Richard II is an inconsistent, inconstant and intriguing piece of work.
“Guilty Pleasures”: In Defence of Reading Harry Potter
At this time, when content forms an even bigger part of our lives than usual, it might be worth asking what cost entertainment levies.
Ra Ra Reviewsputin!
Balliol’s latest annual charity show, Rasputin, doesn’t sound exactly promising in concept. When you hear ‘student-written comedy-musical based on unstable early 20th century Russian politics’ it doesn’t scream success. It certainly succeeds on stage, though. Throughout Act 1 we are treated to the introduction of the Romanov royal family and their court as you’ve never Read More…