Books Books I’m a jam doughnut GORDON PARSONS appreciates a very necessary exploration of the benefit of knowing more than one language
Graphic Novel Wednesday 15th Feb 2023 Graphic Novel Cynics' Lib GORDON PARSONS enjoys the tale of a self-emancipating woman told with deceptive simplicity
Thursday 08th Dec 2022 2022 theatre round-up with GORDON PARSONS THINKING back, the memorable shows from this year’s fare are mostly revivals.
Theatre Review Thursday 15th Sep 2022 Theatre Review Kiss of death by video Uniformity of ‘talking heads’ presentation annihilates all possibility of conveying the true drama inherent in the play, suggests GORDON PARSONS
Book Review Friday 17th Jun 2022 Book Review The art of deflating the hypocritical creed The Happiness ManifestoMartin RowsonRotland Press £8.07
Theatre Review Tuesday 01st Mar 2022 Theatre Review Appropriate for the times GORDON PARSONS recommends a production that makes no demands other than being entertained
Book Review Friday 14th Jan 2022 Book Review ‘Commodifying our collective ache’ GORDON PARSONS on a thought-provoking reflection on our out of joint times and a warning that there is no escape into the past
Sunday 05th Dec 2021 2021 Round-up with Gordon Parsons On stage the intriguing Splinter of Ice, eccentricity of Wuthering Heights and a revival of the Living Newspaper tradition absorbed just as much as the graphic novel The Dancing Plague, Ariel Dorfman’s The Compensation Bureau or Mario Vargas Llosa’s Harsh Times
Theatre Review Tuesday 05th Oct 2021 Theatre Review A poignantly contemporary reading of an old murder folk tale A cautionary melodrama that hits the right notes in articulating the realities of class-ridden society with omnipresent violence against women, writes GORDON PARSONS
Book Review Tuesday 24th Aug 2021 Book Review ‘Man's Inhumanity to Man*’ Narratives from detained refugees who exist in a virtual lawless world with no fixed sentences
THEATRE Wednesday 26th May 2021 THEATRE A real clap for carers GORDON PARSONS recommends an excellent theatrical tribute to nursing staff