1+ day, 30+ min ago  (143+ words) Manchester University Press, pp. 216, "16. 99 It quickly becomes evident why. Aherne is not the easiest subject: having been hounded by the press, she was not fond of giving interviews. She talked little about her process and often simply longed to get…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago  (207+ words) Corporate jargon is zombified language. These euphemisms and elisions are the soulless husks of words, meant to blunt the sharp edges of human emotion (sorry " "maintain professionalism). And they often leave you feeling a sneaking sense of dread. Corporate dread…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago  (124+ words) King's Head Theatre, until 6 June Hampstead Theatre, until 13 June When Rachel Reeves became Chancellor she found a lavatory in her private suite which had been used by Churchill in the 1920s. She vowed to remove it. "Smashing glass ceilings and urinals…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago  (163+ words) I can't see why anyone wouldn't enjoy Tuner. It's a heist caper as well as a romance and while it hits some familiar beats it hits them in new ways. Set in the piano-tuning world " which may be a first…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (260+ words) Everything on offer is a small plate because the girls are the main course Sadly, Spearmint Rhino lives up to none of its erotic or comedic possibilities. The interior is knock-off Ritz: fake crystal chandeliers, fake gold-framed pictures, fake leather…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (661+ words) In 2005 Xandra Bingley published Bertie, May and Mrs Fish, an extraordinarily lively and enjoyable memoir of her childhood on a Cotswold farm during the second world war. Much of the writing was glancing rather than straightforward, its narrative not strictly…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (344+ words) When following up a successful sitcom, should a writer head off into new territory or not? That was the question facing Dan Levy after Schitt's Creek and John Morton after WIA " and now we have their answers: "yes' and "not…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (273+ words) People generally used to become comedians because they were born funny or learned to be funny, and found that they could make people laugh at an early age; from Dave Allen to John Finnemore, they had a talent to amuse....

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (561+ words) The biggest surprise was that SNL UK was quite an upbeat, silly, jolly affair And the trailer released last week felt like the death of hope. I didn't think it was possible to make Tina Fey (SNL veteran and host…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (353+ words) Harold Pinter Theatre, until 6 March Trafalgar Theatre, until 25 April High Noon, directed by Thea Sharrock, is a perfectly decent version of a trusty western which celebrates its 74th birthday this year. An elderly sheriff, Will Kane, marries a priggish beauty, Amy,…...