Marvellous and Mischievous: Literature’s Young Rebels – An exhibition at The British Library showcasing some of children literature’s most loved rebels

Everyone loves a rebel. Someone who stands up for what they believe in even if they might be afraid of what the consequences might be. In children’s literature they are often the moral compass of the tale. They are the character standing up for what is right. It is these characters that are at the… Read More Marvellous and Mischievous: Literature’s Young Rebels – An exhibition at The British Library showcasing some of children literature’s most loved rebels

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Troy at the British Museum: Exploring the legacy of Homer’s The Iliad and Greek mythology in art

The story of the fall of Troy is one that has survived the test of time through endless retellings during in every time period since the era of Ancient Greece. The classic myths and their influences are still as popular today as they were when the stories were first told orally by story tellers to… Read More Troy at the British Museum: Exploring the legacy of Homer’s The Iliad and Greek mythology in art

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Book Review: The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman – A haunting queer sci-fi novel that leads you in to a town that has chilling secrets and something lurking in the woods

Violet Saunders and her mother have moved to the town of Four Paths so they can be closer to their family. After suffering multiple tragedies, this little town could just be what they need to sooth their souls. It isn’t long before Violet finds out that her new home is not going to be her… Read More Book Review: The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman – A haunting queer sci-fi novel that leads you in to a town that has chilling secrets and something lurking in the woods

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A conversation with Jacoba Williams about starring in the play Before I Was A Bear and creating theatre at The Bunker: “it is not tick boxing … it feels like we are doing just what should be done”

Award-winning actor Jacoba Williams (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Globe; Queens of Sheba) takes an animalistic turn in Before I Was A Bear, the debut play from Eleanor Tindall. The play revamps a Greek myth and comically explores issues for women in today’s society. I got to chat with Jacoba about the play, creating art… Read More A conversation with Jacoba Williams about starring in the play Before I Was A Bear and creating theatre at The Bunker: “it is not tick boxing … it feels like we are doing just what should be done”

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Book Review: Skein Island By Aliya Whiteley – A thrilling sci-fi novel that brings the power of storytelling and ancient legends to an unsuspecting modern world

Marianne Spence isn’t sure she wants to ignore the letter she receives inviting her to Skein Island. It drags up painful memories from her past that awaken her need to find answers to questions she never thought she would get the chance to explore. As she ponders whether she should accept the invite, a meeting… Read More Book Review: Skein Island By Aliya Whiteley – A thrilling sci-fi novel that brings the power of storytelling and ancient legends to an unsuspecting modern world

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The Movie List: 30 days of Science Fiction Cinema – These are the sci-fi films you were looking for…

It’s November and I am preparing to go all sci-fi on you! I’m going to start with my movie list for the month. When it comes to science fiction it runs deeper in me than nanotechnology in a Borg drone. I’m not an expert and I definitely don’t think all my movie choices will be… Read More The Movie List: 30 days of Science Fiction Cinema – These are the sci-fi films you were looking for…

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Book Review: Between the Stops – The View of my Life from the top of the Number 12 Bus by Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig is one of the UK’s most beloved presenters. I’m a fan. She often has me giggling because of some witty remark on Q.I. or at her antics with co-presenter Noel Fielding on The Great British Bake Off. As soon as I could get my hands on a copy of her memoir I did.… Read More Book Review: Between the Stops – The View of my Life from the top of the Number 12 Bus by Sandi Toksvig

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“I wanted my characters to inhabit spaces outside what’s expected for queer and trans people—especially joyful spaces.” Talking to author Claire Rudy Foster about their new book – Shine of the Ever.

After reading Claire Rudy Foster’s new short story collection, Shine of the Ever, I was truly stunned. Foster short stories were full of people grappling with situations that I had lived through. On the pages were characters dealing with unrequited love, repressed sexuality, strained friendships and other wonderfully mundane or fantastically chaotic moments that you… Read More “I wanted my characters to inhabit spaces outside what’s expected for queer and trans people—especially joyful spaces.” Talking to author Claire Rudy Foster about their new book – Shine of the Ever.

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Book Review: Feminist City: A Field Guide by Leslie Kern – Intersectional Feminism and living in a city not built for you

It’s weird to think of buildings and places making equality harder. In Feminist City, Leslie Kern talks about the difficulties that we have using the environment that has been made around us. Most of the challenges we face in navigating both urban and rural domestic settings is because it is literally man-made. A cis white… Read More Book Review: Feminist City: A Field Guide by Leslie Kern – Intersectional Feminism and living in a city not built for you

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Bronze Age treasure comes to the Museum of London Docklands – What can the Havering Hoard tell us about the history of the UK’s capital city?

If you are a Londoner, you will know that not only are you surrounded by history in the buildings around you but you have walked upon it. If you have ever taken the London Underground you have travelled under and even through the city’s history. All of us are a little curious to see what… Read More Bronze Age treasure comes to the Museum of London Docklands – What can the Havering Hoard tell us about the history of the UK’s capital city?

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