How Lois Balshaw is confronting the UK’s systemic failures in women’s healthcare
Jenni Kingsworth discusses Lois Balshaw's fight for much needed improvement in women's healthcare
2025
Is the pantomime still relevant in modern theatre?
With the holiday season at its end, Isabelle Bylett explores the pantomime – a quintessential British and festive genre – and its place in contemporary theatre.
From stage to screen – film adaptations of musicals
Jane Rance considers film adaptations of stage musicals, considering the new elements they offer and their varying levels of success.
A day with Constantine Cavafy
Spending the day with C. P. Cavafy's "Collected Poems"
Big Walk Diaries: Kenya
Susie Davies discusses some of the best walks in Kenya
Driving home for Christmas
Going home for the holidays, at least for me, is bittersweet. I am grateful to get out after a long term and take a little break, with that train ride…
Let’s talk friendship
Gwen Smit explores friendship as a fundamental, yet neglected, part of our human experience and, drawing on C. S. Lewis, looks at how it represents something quite fascinating about our…
The Myth of the Liberated Sex Worker
The Myth of the Liberated Sex Worker Image: Bing The recent online zeitgeist has centred heavily upon the debate surrounding modern day ‘sex work’. Everyone knows of these sites, which…