Peter Walters.Dec 4, 2020When Coventry's plays were fit for a kingIt is a Thursday in June, the Feast of Corpus Christi, and between the cobbles and the eaves of Gosford Street the procession of Coventry...
Peter Walters.Nov 30, 2020Coventry - the silver screen's extraThe city's surprising connections with some of the great (and not-so-great) moments in British cinema In 1928, British Filmcraft...
Les GraftonMay 12, 2020Return 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 MatherMay 4, 2020How I regret the day I snubbed my Living I-dolI 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 BarkerApr 29, 2020Confessions of a theatrical landladyWhat'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 GoreApr 21, 2020How the Fab Four opened up my big screen universeJOHN 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 McGarryApr 20, 2020The way she was cost Barbra her biggest fanStars can be difficult to work with - unfortunately for PETER McGARRY, a former leading entertainments editor, he had to One of the...
Ann EvansApr 16, 2020Toffos 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 BarkerApr 15, 2020How Sir Ian gave Terry a Knight to rememberThey 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 HaywardApr 14, 2020It started with a kiss: Confessions of an am-dram fanOur reviewer ASHLEY HAYWARD looks back on his acting highlights, revealing how his rendering of Claudius was upstaged by his own...
John GoreApr 11, 2020TV Times to get you through the lockdownJOHN GORE, founder of StokeScreen Film Club, noted cineaste and friend of elementarywhatson, with his pick of the lesser-known but worth...
Peter WaltersApr 5, 2020Coventry - the silver screen's forgotten extraThe city's surprising connections with some of the great (and not-so-great) moments in British cinema In 1928, British Filmcraft...
Chris ArnotApr 3, 2020How a school trip sparked lifelong love of the BardIt was 1966, a memorable year. Watching England win the World Cup for the first and only time came soon after seeing Shakespeare...
John GoreApr 1, 2020Just as you like it - the Bard on the silver screenFrom 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 ArnotMar 30, 2020An act of kindness and a memory to last a lifetimeRemembering the 1950s when 10 shillings could buy tickets for the Hippodrome panto with the great Beryl Reid and - maybe - an ice cream...
Peter WaltersMar 27, 2020Coventry'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 WaltersMar 25, 2020My brush with fame...and the delectable FayeThe director Michael Winner dispenses with formalities as he eyes a small group of extras penned like cattle behind a fence. “You,” he...
Peter McGarryMar 23, 2020When a bumbling journo met superstar DustinAs 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 WaltersMar 20, 2020I'll remember who? Coventry's links with musical greatsThe 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 BarkerFeb 26, 2018Cov choreographer gets stuck into Spamalot sillinessTHE superbly silly new production of Spamalot at the Belgrade is a homecoming for the musical's choreographer Ashley Nottingham. Ashley's...