» Review: Simon Callow reading
Kicking off with a lengthy and rather dry meditation on the joys of writing which would not have been out of place in a university lecture room, Simon Callow seemed in danger of losing his audience. Things quickly recovered, though, when he began reading from his newly published autobiography, ‘My Life In Pieces’. The audience visibly relaxed and much laughter ensued. The Q&A gave Callow the opportunity to wax lyrical about such literary luminaries as Dickens and Shakespeare; a winning mixture of passion and erudition. All in all a remarkably pleasant and educative way of spending one’s lunch-time.
4/5
July 14, The Old Market
Gary Mepsted
