Connected Cultures

In the latest blockbuster version of the movie Murder on the Orient Express, Sir Kenneth Branagh has taken on a mighty task. Others have...

After the Graham Norton Show with Sir Kenneth Branagh and Johnny Depp rolling around on the sofa, I was seriously concerned that they...

Contemporising Shakespeare Dressed for the occasion: Sope Dirisu as Coriolanus (RSC, via Twitter) “I would rather you just said ‘thank...

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, The Barbican – Saturday 11th November 2017 In Coriolanus, Shakespeare shows us what happens when you give in...

I’ve long wondered how Marlowe compares to Shakespeare. Upstart Crow (the brilliant BBC sitcom on the life, works and friends of the...

Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon This rapturous RSC production of Dido Queen of Carthage brings along a superb...

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s debut novel is brilliantly crafted but at times it places an almost unbearable burden on the soul. Ayọ̀bámi seems...

After nine years online, Saraba magazine has now been launched in print. A special event, hosted jointly by the Royal African Society and...

Culture abounds at cricket matches. The three match series between England and West Indies is providing a marvellous opportunity for...

Movie review Take an all-time superhero and send him spinning back to his teens. Geeky, gawky, uncertain, disconcerted. Out of his depth...

Art Exhibition - review Thursday 22nd June to Monday 26th June 2017 Wandering Meander by Julie-Brixey Williams (left) A Divided...

Review The third annual Art Rooms exhibition took place at The Meliá White House Hotel, Regents Park, from January 20th to 23rd. Such was...

Project Art – The Social Arts Market ™ is a superb and remarkably innovative online platform for artists and art lovers everywhere....

Review This is a truly remarkable debut collection of short stories by Stephanie Victoire. The tales are strikingly original, refreshing...

“And each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward...

There are some buildings that maintain an ominous presence on the landscape long after they have served their original purpose. Reading...

In Things I Know To Be True, Imogen Stubbs rises high above the stage in a perfomance of dazzling intensity at the Lyric, Hammersmith....

I’ve never seen a standing ovation at the theatre before, but I found myself in the middle of one at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, at...

Another area of exploration in an ever-expanding Connected Cultures portfolio. This time we are connecting with Ancient Culture and Greek...

As You Like It has somehow escaped me over the years. I only skimmed over the text when preparing for my finals one very hot day in May,...