Reviews

How Do You Write Funny Books For Children?

How Do You Write Funny Books For Children?

- 13 May 2013

Aptly, festival director and acclaimed children’s author Michael Rosen hosted this talk, welcoming the three...

Lionel Shriver: Who Needs Another Book?

Lionel Shriver: Who Needs Another Book?

- 13 May 2013

The New Writing South Annual Lecture was a wise, waspish and witty meditation on the...

The Beethoven Project – Part 2, Elias String Quartet

The Beethoven Project – Part 2, Elias String Quartet

- 13 May 2013

The Elias Quartet continued to stamp their distinctive mark on Beethoven’s quartets, perhaps too distinctly...

No Moral Compass

No Moral Compass

- 13 May 2013

There is nothing I enjoy more than going out on a Friday night to see...

Patrick Monahan

Patrick Monahan

- 13 May 2013

Various issues delayed this gig by nearly an hour. However give him is due, Patrick...

Sutra

Sutra

- 13 May 2013

This collaboration between Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Syzmon Brzoska, Anthony Gormley and monks from the Shaolin...

2013 Conversations with Tony Benn

2013 Conversations with Tony Benn

- 13 May 2013

This Labour Representation Committee meeting didn’t start well as a key speaker (and Tony Benn’s...

Flathampton for Adults

Flathampton for Adults

- 13 May 2013

A play date for grown ups, Flathampton had been a ‘town’ for kids all day...

Scottish Falsetto Socks: In Space

Scottish Falsetto Socks: In Space

- 13 May 2013

Surely a cult favourite of Fringe festivals nationwide and abroad, this Punch and Judy-style sock...

Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier

- 13 May 2013

Ms Chevalier spoke about the writing of her latest novel, ‘The Last Runaway’, which deals...

Someone Else’s Shoes

Someone Else’s Shoes

- 13 May 2013

For those who love a good ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ book, Someone Else’s Shoes is...

Major Tom

Major Tom

- 13 May 2013

Competition nut and endearingly infectious enthusiast Victoria Melody followed last year’s triumphant Northern Soul with...