Stories By Jem Bloomfield
Theatre
Butley, at the Duchess Theatre, London
September 1, 2025Where West’s incarnation as Detective McNulty was part of a sprawling, panoramic vision of a social...
Theatre
The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre, London
September 1, 2025The fact that it can now boast of being the longest-running comedy currently in the West...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton
August 27, 2025An interior “desecrator” who despises the bored super-rich housewives who can afford her services, she lives...
Great Britain
Book Review: Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones
August 19, 2025But wherever it originated, the word conjures up an instant picture of young people in cheap...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Frankenstein at the National Theatre, London
July 22, 2025There are some terrific “There’s something in the sack!” or “What’s that climbing down the wall?”...
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...




