When Coventry's plays were fit for a king
It is a Thursday in June, the Feast of Corpus Christi, and between the cobbles and the eaves of Gosford Street the procession of Coventry...
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Peter Walters.
- Nov 30, 2020
Coventry - the silver screen's extra
The city's surprising connections with some of the great (and not-so-great) moments in British cinema In 1928, British Filmcraft...
Les Grafton
- May 12, 2020
Return to the Fringe (not a lock down haircut option)
In January this year my wife and I decided to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary with a return to Edinburgh for the annual arts...
Margaret Mather
- May 4, 2020
How I regret the day I snubbed my Living I-dol
I once refused Cliff Richard’s autograph when I met him at a party in the British embassy in Oslo. The party took place in the cocktail...
Jane Barker
- Apr 29, 2020
Confessions of a theatrical landlady
What's it like to share your home with touring thespians? Fun and enriching, says JANE BARKER Can you help us out? A simple question from...
John Gore
- Apr 21, 2020
How the Fab Four opened up my big screen universe
JOHN GORE, founder of StokeScreen Film Club, on how the great film music of the 60s and 70s brought the world to his ears Growing up in a...
Peter McGarry
- Apr 20, 2020
The way she was cost Barbra her biggest fan
Stars can be difficult to work with - unfortunately for PETER McGARRY, a former leading entertainments editor, he had to One of the...
Ann Evans
- Apr 16, 2020
Toffos with Carl Perkins and escaping The Who's van - those were the days!
Author and EWO theatre critic Ann Evans shares her memories of autograph hunting in Swinging Sixties Coventry. As a 12-year-old back in...
Charles Barker
- Apr 15, 2020
How Sir Ian gave Terry a Knight to remember
They say you should never meet your heroes but for Coventry’s Terry Little, shaking hands with Sir Ian McKellen was a highlight of his...
Ashley Hayward
- Apr 14, 2020
It started with a kiss: Confessions of an am-dram fan
Our reviewer ASHLEY HAYWARD looks back on his acting highlights, revealing how his rendering of Claudius was upstaged by his own...
John Gore
- Apr 11, 2020
TV Times to get you through the lockdown
JOHN GORE, founder of StokeScreen Film Club, noted cineaste and friend of elementarywhatson, with his pick of the lesser-known but worth...
Peter Walters
- Apr 5, 2020
Coventry - the silver screen's forgotten extra
The city's surprising connections with some of the great (and not-so-great) moments in British cinema In 1928, British Filmcraft...
Chris Arnot
- Apr 3, 2020
How a school trip sparked lifelong love of the Bard
It was 1966, a memorable year. Watching England win the World Cup for the first and only time came soon after seeing Shakespeare...
John Gore
- Apr 1, 2020
Just as you like it - the Bard on the silver screen
From a four hour-long Hamlet to a tanned Orson Welles as Othello; from the audacious West Side Story to the teen hit Romeo and Juliet,...
Jackie Arnot
- Mar 30, 2020
An act of kindness and a memory to last a lifetime
Remembering the 1950s when 10 shillings could buy tickets for the Hippodrome panto with the great Beryl Reid and - maybe - an ice cream...
Peter Walters
- Mar 27, 2020
Coventry's rich art heritage - yes, really!
20 things you (probably) didn't know about the city's links to art A stained-glass image of a blonde-haired woman, discovered during...
Peter Walters
- Mar 25, 2020
My brush with fame...and the delectable Faye
The director Michael Winner dispenses with formalities as he eyes a small group of extras penned like cattle behind a fence. “You,” he...
Peter McGarry
- Mar 23, 2020
When a bumbling journo met superstar Dustin
As a journalist, one of the first things you learn about interviewing people who are in the public eye is to do your homework in advance....
Peter Walters
- Mar 20, 2020
I'll remember who? Coventry's links with musical greats
The Coventry Carol, written for the Tailors’ and Shearmen’s pageant in the 1590s, was voted number seven in a recent poll of the nation’s...
Charles Barker
- Feb 26, 2018
Cov choreographer gets stuck into Spamalot silliness
THE superbly silly new production of Spamalot at the Belgrade is a homecoming for the musical's choreographer Ashley Nottingham. Ashley's...