BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Carbon Choices By Neil Kitching Published by the author, 2020, £ at Bookbusters Review by Tim Barton In a BBC interview last month, Greta Thunberg stated ‘I think that we can safely say that there are no countries at least…
REVIEW: More than Revolting Children
White Rock Theatre’s Summer Youth Project returned last month for the first time since 2019 with ‘Matilda the Musical Jr.’ Ben Cornwell watched the opening night. I know Roald Dahl’s Matilda like the back of my hand. It is a…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Starship & the Canoe By Kenneth Brower Published by Mountaineers Books, 2020, £15 at Bookbusters Review by Tim Barton This odd, but rather wonderful, book was first published in 1978. Seattle-based Mountaineers Press, who specialise in ‘outdoor books by…
FILM REVIEW
First Cow Review by Jamie Sellers What springs to mind when you think of buddy movies? The Odd Couple? Butch and Sundance? Thelma and Louise? Maybe one of those modern Hollywood comedies where Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell or Owen Wilson…
FILM REVIEW: After Love
By Jamie Sellers Had cinemas been open to capacity all year, a movie like After Love – Kent-born writer-director Aleem Khan’s intriguing drama – would certainly have garnered more attention and been easier to track down. If you like interesting…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Coming Silent Seasons?Part Five: Kids Edition Phoebe the Bee, Jenny BaileyPublished by Tales From Mother Earth, book and CD with Seeds, £ Kids Fight Climate Change Martin Dorey, RRP £, Bookbuster £ by Walker Books Greta Thunberg, A board book from…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Oil Be Damned: Part fourBreaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic (Editors) Wilfred Greaves & P. Whitney LackenbauerPublished by University of Toronto Press, 2021 Review by Tim Barton Eight years ago, Donald Trump tweeted that the Canadians…
Body Count
HUGH SULLIVAN reviews The Duke’s Theatre Company production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Fairlight Hall. Down at the Capulet family crypt in Verona which doubles as Friar Laurence’s cell, the pile of bodies is mounting. Tybalt’s corpse has been…
Vox Salva
GARETH STEVENS reviews Juliet Russell’s breathtaking new album: Vox Salva. Like us all, I truly appreciate the depth and breadth of musical talent that we have in our town, but when I first heard Vox Salva I thought how could…
Look Through Any Window
Review by Kent Barker Is there just the hint of the peeping Tom in all of us? A nosiness that needs to know what’s going on behind drawn curtains? If so, your curiosity can be sated in St Leonards where…