Stories By Jem Bloomfield
Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 3, Episode 5
December 24, 2024Of course we can’t know what goes on in the writers’ rooms, but combining Martin’s hand-turned...
Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 3, Episode 6
December 22, 2024You wonder if you’re hallucinating the whiff of gender politics until Nicola turns up. I love...
Movies & TV
Merlin Recap – Series 2, Episode 1
December 21, 2024You know what’s good about Merlin? (No, not that, we’re leaving that ‘til the second paragraph,...
Blog-Theater
The Cunning Little Vixen, Live-streamed from Glyndebourne Opera House
December 20, 2024It has not been an altogether popular production, not least with the huffy Glyndebourne reactionaries who...
Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 3, Episode 7
December 19, 2024In other words, he’s committed a terrible crime, not by stealing information, but by stealing attention....
Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Once and Future Queen’ (Season 2, Episode 2)
December 19, 2024Meanwhile Arthur himself is suffering from tragic royal ennui. He worries that the only reason he...
Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Nightmare Begins’ (Season 2, Episode 3)
December 19, 2024Unsympathetic spectators might hazard that her unquiet slumbers have something to do with her invariable habit...
Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Lancelot and Guinevere’ (Season 2, Episode 4)
December 17, 2024One of the real points of interest in Merlin is watching the way the show takes...
Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 3, Episode 8
December 17, 2024Tucker’s resignation is the two-headed calf or woman giving birth to rabbits of the modern era:...
Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Season 2, Episode 5)
December 17, 2024At first glance it seems absolutely obvious what is going on here: to whit, some pretty...