I Am the Boss review – squabbling siblings’ hijinks at Edinburgh fringe | Edinburgh festival 2024
‘DIn family-friendly circus shows, children are often warned, “Don’t try this at home.” But… This prank Age 3 and up Taiwan Season The problem is that most of the action is based on familiar domestic pranks but taken to acrobatic extremes: fights for cushions, races to claim the sofa and grudging tidying up – all […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra board promises independent review after musicians revolt over Gaza comments controversy | Melbourne
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will undergo an independent investigation into its policies following the decision to cancel a performance by renowned pianist Jason Gillham shortly after he commented on the killing of journalists in Gaza. It came after orchestra members passed a motion of no confidence in leadership on Friday over the cancellation of Gillham’s […]
NHS plans review of adult gender services following Cass criticisms | NHS
The NHS has set out plans for a review into the safety of adult gender services in response to detailed concerns raised by the authors of the Cath report into gender care for children and young people. In a strongly worded letter to NHS England, leading paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass listed 16 concerns about the […]
The Hypnosis review – watch-through-your-hands squirmfest as woman loses inhibitions | Movies
TThis Swedish black comedy about social awkwardness is ruthlessly directed by first-time feature director Ernst de Geer for maximum audience discomfort, and the cringe factor is high. Some scenes are so excruciating that it would be worse to watch someone have their fingernails removed with pliers. In Hypgnosis, Asta Kamma August and Herbert Nordrum play […]
The Body Next Door review – a jaw-droppingly addictive true-crime tale | Television
circleDetective Inspector Gareth Morgan often talks about murder as a ‘whodunit’ but he thinks a ‘whodunit’ is a more appropriate phrase for an extremely bizarre case that took place under his watch in South Wales in 2015. When a filthy, seeping bundle was discovered in the village of Beddow – a decomposing body semi-preserved within […]
Precious Cargo review – Vietnam’s ‘operation babylift’ orphans look back | Edinburgh festival 2024
TThe narrator’s accents say it all: you hear Southern English, Australian English, American English and Hebridean English. What they have in common is that they are the adult voices of orphans who were flown out of South Vietnam as part of Operation Babylift at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Placed with families […]
Singapore Airlines First Class video review goes viral
They can’t have nice things. A travel TikTok user left viewers in awe after detailing their experience flying in a first-class suite, widely considered one of the most luxurious in the sky and roughly the size of a New York City studio apartment. The Cambodian patron, known on the popular social media app as Pithor, […]
Edinburgh art festival review – haunting return of the railway that robbed Africa | Edinburgh festival 2024
Time is a round-trip ticket to Ibrahim Mahama’s ‘Songs About Roses’ exhibition at the Fruit Market Gallery – the best show of the year. Edinburgh Arts FestivalMahama’s detailed yet poetic charcoal drawings of rail-hauling youths leave one wondering: are they laying or removing track for the British Empire’s Gold Coast Railway? My attention was immediately […]
Natalie Palamides: Weer review – an outrageously entertaining one-woman romcom | Edinburgh festival 2024
debtFollowing the trajectory of mavericks over the past few years has been as much fun as that of Natalie Palamides. From her 2017 Best Newcomer Oscar win to the brilliant cross-dressing comedy “Nate” (available on Netflix), the outrageously bold L.A. clown’s new show is now a must-see event. And say what you will about “Weir,” […]
You’re Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan review | Autobiography and memoir
debtFrom Tina Fey’s Bossypants to Samantha Irby’s We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, contemporary America has a rich tradition of essay-style narrative nonfiction by women. These books typically walk the line between autobiography, cultural analysis, and “self-deprecating descriptions of my dating life and work.” Their success — and entertaining — rests primarily on the […]