Stories By Jem Bloomfield
Blog-Dance
Dance Review: The Nutcracker, English National Ballet at The Coliseum, London
October 13, 2025For once the Mouse King is a genuinely compelling villain: his mask is a giant rodent’s...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Hillary Effect by Taylor Marsh
October 13, 2025There may not be space in a blog post to let the reader weigh the words...
Theatre
One Man, Two Guvnors, Adelphi Theatre, London
October 12, 2025For this show is funny. I mean, it is really funny. Not the kind of funny...
Theatre
Ross Noble and Friends, Cranleigh Arts Centre, England
October 11, 2025It showcased all of Noble’s best points: the delight in the ludicrous, the ideas tripping over...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Noel Coward’s Star Quality, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
October 8, 2025There’s a feeling you get about ten minutes into a Noel Coward play. The lights have...
Theatre
Theatre Review: The Holly and the Ivy, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
October 7, 2025The characters are built with that terrific assurance of some mid-century writers (C.P. Snow and Anthony...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Three Days in May, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
October 5, 2025Clarke certainly made good on his obligations. He barked, he grunted, he rumbled, and, once you...
Espionage
Television Review: Page Eight on PBS
September 26, 2025British spies these days – the most interesting ones at any rate – are weary, compromised...
Literary Themes
Book Review: Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion by Janet Mullany
September 14, 2025At root, the novel seems to rest on a misapprehension: that the world of Jane Austen...
Theatre
The Woman in White, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
September 4, 2025Collins’ strong suit is suspense tinged with bafflement. When it works, you’re reeling from the last...
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