Rapscallion Magazine Book Reviews: Escaping the Spanish Civil War
By Harry Mottram: It only feels now some 85 years later that Spain is finally coming to terms with the…
Rapscallion Magazine Film Review: a pianist’s critical note to Stalin brings an end to the dictator – we can only hope that Putin soon suffers the same death
Film Review: The Death of Stalin: Putin and his mafia cronies banned the 2017 movie because they are paranoid and so…
Bath Voice Theatre Preview: the Egg Theatre stages JM Barrie’s 1904 play in a very modern setting as Wendy takes flight to Neverland
DECEMBER 13, 2023 By Harry Mottram: Peter Pan – the play by JM Barrie first performed in 1902 – and turned…
Bath Voice Sleeping Beauty News: the conundrums faced by princes – should they seek consent first before kissing a maiden awake?
NOVEMBER 23, 2023 Sleeping Beauty News: The first question, writes Harry Mottram, that should be asked of any would-be-suitor of sleeping maidens…
Rapscallion Magazine Book Reviews: one town, two book clubs, two episodic novels with a remarkably bright 10 minutes and 38 seconds
By Harry Mottram: Two very different books set in two very different worlds chosen by two local book clubs. One…
Opinion: the real reason local newspapers are in decline is not the BBC – it’s the media groups that own them who have mismanaged them
By Harry Mottram: This is a bit of a gripe of mine – a cry of pain from the managers…
Rapscallion Magazine TV Review: Arena’s 1981 documentary Have you seen the Mona Lisa? like the painting hasn’t aged and remains a classic
TV Review: Arena. Have you seen the Mona Lisa? BBC4. We stood in front of the Mona Lisa and I…
Bath Voice Literature News: love, loss, and life’s ups and downs in Zita Muranyi’s novel – On Mr. Darcy’s Sofa
DECEMBER 3, 2023 By Harry Mottram: Hungarian author Zita Muranyi (pictured) has published a new novel which may be of interest…
Bath Voice News: meet the man behind the Bath Preservation Trust (and the deeply morbid reason why the Museum of Bath Architecture is currently closed)
DECEMBER 1, 2023 By Harry Mottram: There is a museum in Bath set in the fine stone portals of The Countess…