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I’ve written reviews and round-ups across all entertainment genres.

Top films coming out in 2025 | The Week, 2024

The ultimate Christmas No. 1s | The Week, 2024

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – still a ‘crown jewel’ | The Week, 2024

The best TV to watch over Christmas | The Week, 2024

Until I Kill You: ‘harrowing drama’ starring Anna Maxwell Martin | The Week, 2024

Tigritudes: Pan-African film anthology | The Week, 2024

Cannes controversies: the film festival’s history of feuds and fallouts | The Week, 2024

‘Long island: a ‘magnificent sequel to ‘Brooklyn’ | The Week, 2024

Marc Quinn’s ‘Light into Life: an ‘al fresco’ treasure hunt of sculpture at Kew | The Week, 2024

Made in England: the films of Powell and Pressburger celebrates ‘unique collaboration’ | The Week, 2024

Baby Reindeer: will armchair detectives spell the end for ‘true story’ dramas? | The Week, 2024

Antony Gormley’s Time Horizon: a ‘judgmental’ army of 100 cast-iron men | The Week, 2024

The Thursday Murder Club: who’s in the film and what can we expect | The Week, 2024

You Are Here: the new David Nicholls ‘past their prime’ romance | The Week, 2024

The true story of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans | The Week, 2024

Ripley: a ‘scintillating’ and ‘noirish’ addaptation | The Week, 2024

Five books to help sort out your personal finances | The Week, 2024

Is Downton Abbey set to return for a third film? | The Week, 2024

Richard, My Richard: Philippa Gregory’s ‘nuanced’ portrait of Richard III is heavy on the history | The Week, 2024

Best novels retold from a different character’s point of view | The Week, 2024

Aaron Taylor-Johnson: the next James Bond? | The Week, 2024

Glastonbury line-up: the ‘poppiest, shiniest’ bill ever | The Week, 2024

Nye: a ‘rousing’ drama about NHS founder Aneurin Bevan | The Week, 2024

Copa 71: ‘incendiary’ account of the 1971 women’s World Cup in Mexico | The Week, 2024

Raye: the artist celebrating a record win at the Brits | The Week, 2024

Best Netflix UK series and films | The Week, 2024

Best true crime documentaries | The Week, 2024

Best family-friendly West End shows | The Week, 2024

Was Masters of the Air worth the wait? | The Week, 2024

Best crime thriller novels coming in 2024 | The Week, 2024

Ripley: what to expect from the new Netflix series starring Andrew Scott | The Week, 2024

Gladiators reboot and the return of linear teatime TV | The Week, 2024

Best politics books: read your way around Westminster | The Week, 2024

Threads of Life: a History of the World through the Eye of a Needle review | That’s Not My Age, 2020