Art debate: Is Michelangelo’s ‘David’ inappropriate?
Is Michelangelo’s famous sculpture ‘David’ inappropriate? What do you think?
Should art be used as political tools to support contemporary narratives and ideas?
Month: March 2023
Blood And Battle: Dissecting The Life Of William Beatty
The Battle of Trafalgar is an event that is synonymous with Admiral Horatio Nelson. However, there is another figure that should be given respect and attention – William Beatty, HMS Victory’s ship surgeon.
Read this review of Blood and Battle: Dissecting the life of William Beatty at the Old Royal Naval College, London.
Theatre Review: The Great British Bake Off Musical
On your marks, get set, REVIEW!
Does this production live up to the hype? Can a baking contest turn up the heat in London’s west-end?
Read this theatre review of The Great British Bake Off Musical.
Mini review: The Cambridge University Botanic Gardens
Nature is a calming and an unpredictable force that we should respect and find restful moments to relax. The world around us can be chaotic and stressful with busy lifestyles, politics and drama.
I visited the The Cambridge University Botanic Gardens and travelled the world through botanical excellence.
Read this mini review of the gardens.
Short Story: The Ice Cube Murder – the party to end all parties.
This is an excerpt from a short story where a detective has been chasing a criminal mastermind for years with no real evidence, but a gut-feeling that Mortimer Lantana is playing games, always one-step ahead, until now. The detective has cornered the mastermind and for once is winning the battles of will – or so he thinks.
A crime that is committed in plain sight and in the most public of scenes is the hardest to solve. Mortimer is the flaneur of every soirée.
The party guests have disbursed and leave the trail of their hedonism in their path, the world is quiet outside, but the noise is deafening in the detective’s mind, the clues and failures all start to slot into place and he confronts the one who always haunted the loudest and outrageously scandalous parties, never alone but always distant.
Who will win the battle that is already won? The war of deceit and charm is intoxicating.
Read this chilling short story excerpt of The Ice Cube Murder.
Book Review: Beyond the Wand, by Tom Felton
Stories are the life-blood of life and power the world we live. J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series has captured the imaginations of generations and the films have also enriched so many people’s lives and shaped their childhoods. Tom Felton, who played the sneaky and cunning Slytherin Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise, recently published the highly anticipated autobiography Beyond the Wand, 2022.
Read the magical book review of Tom Felton’s Beyond the Wand.