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The Cirque du Soleil at the Saville
Powell & Pressburger: Lost Worlds – a visit to Emeric Pressburger's birthplace in Miskolc
Hello Goodbye to the Saville Theatre
From Cannes to WHAM! The Trashing of Lindsay Anderson
The Odyssey in Translation – “in the script it is written, and on the screen it’s pictures”.
WHAM! and Lindsay Anderson – the odd trio.
From the Everyman to The 39 Steps – a personal look back to the time when there was “only one Everyman”.
Forthcoming
(January 2027)
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Brompton Cemetery, Canfield Gardens, Coombe Lane, Cottenham Park, Euston, Fulham Road, Holland Gardens, Kennington, Old Church Street, Richmond Park, Robin Hood Gate, Savile Row, Shaftesbury Avenue, Southside Common, Vigo Street, Waterloo Place . . .
From the Archive
I have no idea who this person is. I know only that my friend Sarah Bloomfield sketched him about seventy years ago. But she is no longer around to tell me his name, and she didn’t even think to sign hers. When I wrote a piece about her admiration for Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, it was with the thought that her life was every bit as remarkable as theirs, but that isn't really how stardom works! If people clicked on the piece it was for Larry and Vivien, not Sarah. But all three enjoyed the camaraderie of the stage doors, and it has been a pleasure to think about them again.