Stories By Jem Bloomfield
Music
Opera Review: Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House, London
July 19, 2025Anna Nicole zipped herself up in a bodybag, surrounded by a crowd of camera-headed creatures which...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C.J. Sansom
July 11, 2025Matthew Shardlake the lawyer and his friend Dr. Guy Malton represent the arrival of the professional...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
July 4, 2025Whatever her faults, you can’t criticise Patricia Cornwell for sticking in a rut. Port Mortuary, her...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Blood and Gifts at the National Theatre, London
June 16, 2025Pop music functions as a metonym for the cultural appropriations and misunderstandings which occur onstage. Is...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
June 2, 2025The premise of Philip Pullman’s new book is brilliant. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel...
History
Book Review: Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch
May 3, 2025Voodoo Histories isn’t an attempt to tell everyone to chill out and stop worrying about what...




