Writing and Publishing
Opportunity Costs
Kevin Spacey has waxed hostile to what he called the BBC’s ‘13-week promotions’ for Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals. Meanwhile, Arts…
Inside the mind of a budding screenwriter: Skins actor and writer, Daniel Kaluuya
Daniel Kaluuya, aka ‘posh Kenneth’ on Skins, has made the transition from actor to screenwriter for the BAFTA nominated drama.…
Alfred Hitchcock`s Cockneyisms
"On those occasions when director Alfred Hitchcock interviewed journalists at his Cromwell Road flat, he`d disrobe to the waist, cover…
Career profile: Catherine Edwards, programmes director for Script
Catherine Edwards is programmes director for Script, the West Midlands agency for dramatic writers. Previously Stagecoach West Midlands, the organisation…
Keith Khan: Head of Culture for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad
Keith Khan's challenge as Head of Culture for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is to coordinate a celebration of culture…
Marilyn Monroe: Larger in death
There`s a decided irony and one which probably would amuse Marilyn Monroe herself that La Diva is more famous now…
Jamila Gavin: Re-working Shakespeare
Shakespeare 24 is the largest ever global Shakespeare festival. It takes place on 23rd April, timed to coincide with what…
End of the Line for Misery Memoirs?
If postmodernism has taught us anything it’s that there’s a thin line between fact and fiction. We are taught to…
In conversation with Sophie Macpherson - fine art recruiter
Sophie Macpherson - if the name sounds familiar it's no wonder: Sophie runs the fine art world's best known recruitment…
How to run a leading festival with one full-time staff member
It’s been described as the nearest thing the Belfast Festival has to a “fringe” even though it takes place several…