Feature: fearing death, a cocktail of drugs and losing a stone and a half – how my life changed for ever in a field in the middle of the night
By Harry Mottram: On August 17th, 2024, I had a heart attack in the middle of the night in my…
Bath Voice News: the revival of the plays of Terence Rattigan starts here! Table Number Seven and The Browning Version to be staged in the Theatre Royal Bath as ‘Summer 1954
October 17, 2024 By Harry Mottram: like all novelists, film makers, artists and playwrights Terence Rattigan is subject to the fashions…
Harry Mottram Theatre Review: hold on to your bonnets for a trip to Planet Jane Austen in a brilliant production of The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged) by Schoolhouse Productions
Review: The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged). The Alma Tavern and Theatre, Bristol. It is a truth universally acknowledged that…
Theatre Preview: The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged) at Bristol’s Alma Tavern and Theatre
Runs: Tue 8 Oct 2024 8:00 PM – Sat 19 Oct 2024 One newbie and two self-professed Janeites, through almost all means imaginable, tackle the entire canon of Jane…
Axbridge News: the real reason why the levels in Cheddar Reservoir were so low this summer despite the unseasonably heavy rain
October 11, 2024 By Harry Mottram: It was a paradise for wetland birds, swan, ducks, coots and waders such as…
Review of Bath Abbey: vandalism, criminals, monks and a five star rating for the bell tower (from two Birmingham girls)
October 10, 2024 By Harry Mottram: It’s been a while since I last wandered into Bath Abbey but one afternoon with…
Harry Mottram Book Review: Sun, sea, sex and manipulative narrators in Francois Sagan’s novels Bonjour Tritesse and Un certain sourire
Book Review: Francois Sagan’s Bonjour Tritesse (Hello Sadness) and Un certain sourire (A Certain Smile), Penguin edition. By Harry Mottram: She…
Naked Romans, free hot water and a fabulous model – a review of a visit to the Roman Baths (or the remains of the baths, Victorian restorations and 21st century interpretations)
October 7, 2024 Review: The Roman Baths in Bath By Harry Mottram: Like so many in the city I just assume…
Harry Mottram Theatre Review: Toby Thompson’s adaption of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s fable The Little Prince at Bath’s Egg Theatre is a triumph (with its echoes of the horrors of Nazi occupied France)
October 6, 2024 Theatre Review: The Little Prince. The Egg, Bath. Written in 1942 while in exile in Canada and…
Rapscallion Magazine Radio Review: Evelyn Waugh’s wartime drama Put Out More Flags is given a rich vocal texture in BBC Radio 4 Extra production
Radio Review: Evelyn Waugh – Put Out More Flags There’s something very louche in Anthony Valentine’s voice as Basil Seal…