Stories By Jem Bloomfield
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton
May 3, 2024An interior “desecrator” who despises the bored super-rich housewives who can afford her services, she lives...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones
April 26, 2024But wherever it originated, the word conjures up an instant picture of young people in cheap...
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Theatre
Theatre Review: Frankenstein at the National Theatre, London
April 1, 2024There are some terrific “There’s something in the sack!” or “What’s that climbing down the wall?”...
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Music
Opera Review: Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House, London
March 29, 2024Anna Nicole zipped herself up in a bodybag, surrounded by a crowd of camera-headed creatures which...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C.J. Sansom
March 23, 2024Matthew Shardlake the lawyer and his friend Dr. Guy Malton represent the arrival of the professional...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
March 17, 2024Whatever her faults, you can’t criticise Patricia Cornwell for sticking in a rut. Port Mortuary, her...
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Theatre
Theatre Review: Blood and Gifts at the National Theatre, London
March 2, 2024Pop music functions as a metonym for the cultural appropriations and misunderstandings which occur onstage. Is...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
February 17, 2024The premise of Philip Pullman’s new book is brilliant. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch
January 20, 2024Voodoo Histories isn’t an attempt to tell everyone to chill out and stop worrying about what...
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Fiction Reviews
The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
January 2, 2024She’s developed an enjoyable way of beginning novels in the middle of a story, letting her...
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