Ben is an Art History graduate currently working for the National Museums of Scotland. He is a keen watcher and reader of all things theatrical, particularly at Edinburgh’s intimate Lyceum, and has even been known to occasionally tread the boards himself.
The world of Hay Fever is split in two. On one side is the Bliss family, fabulous and Bohemian, smoking endless, effortless cigarettes and calling eve...
A tale of tyranny, mistrust and a disregard for the rule of law is a pertinent choice for these troubled times. ‘The gods do this year connive at us’,...
The scene is set simply with five primly dressed school girls standing on a bare stage. They tell us how on St Valentine’s Day, 1900, a group of Aust...
Sons have a special bond with their fathers, says Paul to Tom in Last Christmas; they’re a model of how to be in the world. For Tom, this bond was bro...
The Christmas season is pantomime season – a time for two-dimensional villains, over-made up dames and the occasional panto horse. It is the latter o...
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a tale that has been told many times. It tells the story of a bored little girl who follows a white rabbit down a...
Sixteen and fifty are two of the most pressurised birthdays to celebrate – metaphorically entering adulthood at one end of life and (if society is to ...
A boat-load of fifty female refugees fleeing the Middle East washes up in Argos, Greece, seeking asylum. This is not the latest episode of the tragic ...
