Boys from the Blackstuff: an insightful drama to our own hard-hit times
A contemporary review of Alan Bleasdale’s 1982 television series. Is it relevant today?
Author: Séamus O’Hanlon
Our friends in the north
If you enjoy The Crown, a show with an impressive scope, spanning decades and revealing insights to recent British history, then this is an alternative for you during lockdown. Our Friends in the North may not have had the same budget and gloss, but it is a powerful creation that focuses on ordinary people. A 1996 miniseries, […]
The Mirror & The Light: Mantel’s masterpiece Tudor trilogy ends on an imperfect high
The Mirror & The Light is a triumph. It may win awards for the whole trilogy, but at 875 pages long, it suffers most when Mantel’s imagination overrides history.