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  1. Matthew Bourne: an awfully big adventure

    Matthew Bourne: an awfully big adventure  

    Matthew Bourne has lead a revolution into how we watch dance. LESLEY FINLAY spoke to him to find out what makes him tick...

  2. Lisa Dwan: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

    Lisa Dwan: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?  

    LISA DWAN has spent ten years of her career immersed in the works of Samuel Beckett. Ahead of her tour in an acclaimed production of three of his plays, she planned a dinner party with a difference...

  3. Screen writer’s dream

     

    The works of Charles Dickens are a screen writer’s dream – with copious character notes, wonderful storylines and dramatic tales. LESLEY FINLAY attended a series of talks that explored this side of the writer...

  4. Pass it on: February 2012

     

    We hear from former Ink Pelletian Laura Woodland who is in the West Country working on Somerfest, a folk festival for young people by young people. The event runs from April 2 and ends with an all-day shindig on April 7th. There are workshops and events to excite and inspire all week. At the helm […]

  5. Keith Gaines: The dangerous target for boys

    Keith Gaines: The dangerous target for boys  

    Our Keith tackles the not-so tricky subject of why boys do not read...

  6. Keith Gaines: Facing the facts

    Keith Gaines: Facing the facts  

    Keith Gaines examines Michael Gove's drive to add more facts into the education system. But has the Education Secretary got his facts right..?

  7. Keith Gaines: Turn on, tune in, pay up!

     

    The recent student protests about the rise in tuition fees took our Keith Gaines on a trip down memory lane. Here he discusses how times have been a-changing...

  8. Cranford: Delicious but…

    Cranford: Delicious but…  

    EDNA HOBBS wonders if the BBC's television adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford has spoilt the experience for theatre-goers. Our reviewer saw the play, which is on tour, at The Lighthouse in Poole...