RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE Book Review: James Joyce brings the dead to life in a pre-Easter rising Dublin where the minor characters come to the fore
The Dubliners. By James Joyce It’s the minor characters who take centre stage in Dublin at the turn of the…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE Book Review: no sex scenes in Donna Tartt’s coming of age novel about a boy’s lies, deceit and art world crimes – but plenty on his teenage drug taking
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt Can a woman write a fictional biography about a teenage boy? Well, yes and no.…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE Theatre Review: The Odyssey gets the Living Spit treatment – and this time it’s Odysseus’ wife Penelope who takes centre stage in a brilliant musical comic re-imagining of the Ancient Greek saga
Review: The Odyssey. Salisbury Arts Centre Knob jokes, comedy props and sensational singing make Living Spit’s version of Odysseus’ chronically…
AXBRIDGE REVIEW NEWS: The Progressive Supper – don’t panic if you haven’t been able to book yet – this is how you can still take part if you’ve had trouble booking online (it’s easy)
Lots of couples in Axbridge are concerned they have been unable to sign up for the Progressive Supper on November…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE: diary for November features Mumblecrust Theatre, pantomimes and Christmas productions that include Snow White and Rapunzel
Fairy tales and a 19th century re-invention of Christmas come to the stage this winter. Harry Mottram gets all Christmassy…
AXBRIDGE REVIEW NEWS: Axbridge’s Mumblecrust Theatre stage HG Wells’ The Time Machine – check out the autumn tour dates
Katie Underhay and Anthony Burbridge of Axbridge are currently on tour with their show based on the HG Wells novel…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE: Video interview with the curator of the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp with Werner van Hoof
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing museum in Antwerp, Belgium which focuses on the work of the 16th century printers…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE: Caught short on a long journey and not being able to go in a stranger’s toilet – the trials and tribulations of the long distant runner
Like many people going to the loo isn’t just a biological issue. It’s more complicated than that. The story of…
BREXIT: a way out of the impasse – but you may not like what my answer is
It is generally agreed that the country is currently gripped by the political crisis that is Brexit. Parliament has rejected…