May Poll Dancing
The PM’s speech at Conservative Conference, Birmingham Reviewed by Colin Gibson Loathe as I am to admit it, sometimes only a worn-out cliché will do the trick. Yes, the first few minutes of Mrs. May’s appearance, (delayed half an hour…
Sausage life!
The column that won’t shoot until it sees the whites of your eggs READER: I see there were riots at the Poundland closing-down sale. MYSELF: I’m not surprised. There was 10% off everything. READER: So what happened? MYSELF: Apparently the…
The Square
Dir: Ruben Östlund Kino Teatr, St. Leonards Ostensibly a film about the chronic bullshit afflicting the upper echelons of the art world, this fascinating film gradually leads us, by way of cleverly-honed vignettes, down another path. It opens outside a…
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne at St. Mary in the Castle. Reviewed by Colin Gibson Newcastle folk rock band Lindisfarne has produced, in its various incarnations, an extraordinary collection of great material spanning almost fifty years, the vast proportion of which was penned by the…
AUTOMATA ON THE PIER
A season of events on Hastings Pier kicks off with an extraordinary interactive exhibition of automata, including mechanical toys and other inventions. Hastings Pier, 14 Mar 2018-15 Apr 2018 REVIEW BY Colin Gibson Hastings Pier and community arts company Culture Shift have…
OPINION: The Means of Repression
Colin Gibson takes issue with Britain’s booming arms trade Our despicable and morally-bankrupt weapons industry has successfully hoodwinked and bribed its way into the national ignorance. Since the Brexit referendum, export licences worth £3 billion have been granted to UK…
REVIEW: The Post
Steven Spielberg said of his latest film, eleven months in the making, “This is the fastest film I ever made.” The reason? “The level of urgency to make the movie was because of the current climate of this administration, bombarding…
LETTERS I HAVEN’T WRITTEN, Gwyneth Herbert at The Kino Teatr Nov 29th
reviewed by Colin Gibson St Leonards' Kino Teatr was lucky enough to be one of the hand-picked venues for a preview of Letters I Haven’t Written, the brand new 2017 touring show by award-winning composer, lyricist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist…
JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL RETURNS Colin Gibson
Tony O'Malley and Mike Raxworthy Friday June 2nd sees the welcome return of The Hastings Winkle Club Jazz and Blues Festival at The Stade, which continues until Sunday June 4th. All funds from the charity weekend go to The Winkle…
Brexit Boris: From Mayor to Nightmare
By Heathcote Williams - (Public Reading Rooms £) Review by Colin Gibson In a post-truth world where idle conjecture has replaced fact and where public opinion is shaped by the keyboard tapping of sociopathic web-dwellers, it is refreshing to read fellow…