Another week in what could be the death-throes of the most significant and life-affirming cultural invention since the novel, namely the shared experience of watching the world’s stories in the presence of other human beings. Sadly, the people whose job it is to foster the future of the art, while preserving its vital heritage, seem… [continues]

FILM OF THE WEEK I’ve chosen a Film of the Week, in the hope that it might encourage you to make a little outing to one of our local cinemas. At The Roses, Tewkesbury, they have Love Beats Rhymes (2017), on Sunday at 18:00. It’s a music drama about the rap scene in New York… [continues]