Dearest gentle reader, if you are here, you have likely watched (and possibly rewatched) the first season of Bridgerton on Netflix, and one cannot judge you for your enthusiasm on that front. This television series is packed to the brim with sexy, steamy, inclusive Regency-era drama, romance and more — but if you’ve found that your appetite has been whet and more of the same is what you crave, look no further. Read More...
Australian theatreReviewArts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
The Australian production of this Olivier-winning play has been beset by problems, but it’s back on – with some stirring performances and clumsy moments
Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Emilia Lanier née Bassano was one of the first English women to publish a book of poetry, the rumoured “Dark Lady” in Shakespeare’s sonnets and, as asserted by some, Shakespeare himself. This all-but-erased historical figure is the subject of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s Olivier award-winning play, which was first commissioned for Shakespeare’s Globe before heading to London’s West End. Read More...
A few days of ceasefire cannot stop the trauma of war that Gazan children have faced throughout the decades of this conflict, including in the past horrifying seven weeks.
As a child born and raised in the decades-long wars in Afghanistan, ceasefires were meaningless to me, for they promised the inevitable return of war. I wanted an end to the war, something that I never experienced as a child.
To this day, thousands of miles away, images of innocent Gazan children drenched in blood bring back memories of my childhood. Read More...
