SCAN Book Club: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
For those who came to know about ‘The Witcher’ through the video game series or the new Netflix series, you
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Interview with a Burlesque Artist
When we think about Burlesque, we tend to think about the 2010 film starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, or more
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Review: Seeta Patel, Not Today's Yesterday
Seeta Patel stars in this physical theatre piece as a storyteller. She takes us on a journey through exotified Bharatanatyam
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Artist Spotlight: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569) lived in Flanders (today’s Belgium) and worked mainly in Antwerp and Brussels. He was a progenitor
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Dracula (2020) Review: It Sucked
Starring Claes Bang as the eponymous Count Dracula, the BBC’s mini-series, Dracula (2020), had an interesting premise as a
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Creative Column: ∞ A.D. by Sam Butcher
A rocky plain – black, jagged, infinite. Impact craters, miles across. I march alone by the light of the Broken Moon,
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SCAN Book Club: The Cockroach by Ian McEwan
In 1915, Franz Kafka published his magical realism classic, The Metamorphosis, in which a man is transformed into a giant
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Interview with Rachel Sargeant, Author of 'The Roommates'
Rachel Sargeant's latest crime novel – The Roommates – has been selected by publishers HarperCollins for their main crime and
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Review: A Fisherman's Tale
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Three Left Feet are a new theatre company made up of three young theatre makers who met at Lancaster University.
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SCAN Book Club: A Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern last captured our hearts back in 2011 with the magical world of The Night Circus, and she’s
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New Theatre Company, Three Left Feet
Three Left Feet, a new theatre company, established this year, is opening its doors for its first shows in December.
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Review: The Welsh Ballet, Romeo and Juliet
It is always a treat to go and watch live theatre and after a hiatus from the Dukes over the
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Review: The Body Snatcher
Three years on and the question of Brexit feels as much of a mysterious haze as ever, with no one
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SCAN Book Club: Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
Now and then, you need a book like this. Unassuming, unpretentious, and with no grand designs towards the dreaded “-ism”
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Rowan Rhenigans: Dispatches of the Red Dress
⭐⭐⭐⭐ A moving reminder of the absolute destruction of war. Rowan Rheingans’s ‘Dispatches on the Red Dress’ drew me in
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