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Friday, 16 August 2019
One of the most unexpected resurrections of an existing film has recently occurred in the US, in the form of …
Continue reading "TV spin-off cannot hope to recreate the success of Four Weddings"
By Alexander Larman
Friday, 9 August 2019
The front cover of this week’s Radio Times has an unlikely trio of cover stars: Captain Mainwaring, Sergeant Wilson and …
Continue reading "Sitcom remakes show a lack of adventure in modern entertainment"
By Alexander Larman
Friday, 19 July 2019
It must be rather lovely to be David Nicholls at the moment. A recent winner of a BAFTA for his …
Continue reading "Book review: Sweet Sorrow, by David Nicholls"
By Alexander Larman
Saturday, 13 July 2019
Noël Coward wrote many excellent plays – as well as a fair amount of less-than-excellent ones – but few are …
Continue reading "Review: Present Laughter, a hilarious night out with a brilliant star performance"
By Alexander Larman
Saturday, 29 June 2019
Few films released this year have the remarkable pedigree of Yesterday. Its director is the Oscar-winning Danny Boyle, henceforth referred to …
Continue reading "Film review – Yesterday"
By Alexander Larman
Friday, 14 June 2019
The revelation in last weekend’s Sunday Times that the much-loved Poet Laureate John Betjeman – so-called ‘teddy bear to the …
Continue reading "The private lives of poets"
By Alexander Larman
Friday, 7 June 2019
Over the past twenty-five years, Neil Hannon, founder and supremo of the band The Divine Comedy, has quietly established himself …
Continue reading "The Divine Comedy: Office Politics review"
By Alexander Larman
Friday, 31 May 2019
The final season of Game of Thrones ground to a fiery and murderous end, earlier this month. Whether you believe …
Continue reading "Complicated mythologies are killing television"
By Alexander Larman
Friday, 17 May 2019
The news that Simon Armitage has been appointed the new Poet Laureate, the twenty-first in England’s history, is both profoundly …
Continue reading "Simon Armitage is a fitting choice for Poet Laureate"
By Alexander Larman
