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A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account—and how they became a cultural sensationShortlisted for The Wolfson History Pr...

It’s incredibly exciting but Nathan Williamson and myself have just been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for ‘The Quest‘ which we were commissioned to write by London Youth Opera for their last ye...

Will AI be the end of the acting profession? The latest hopeful starlet hit the news last week: a young unknown called Tilly Norwood. Unknown because, up until a few months ago, she didn’t exist. As you may have heard, Tilly is AI generated. Reportedly, Hollywood agents are vying to represent her, and her human counterparts are decrying her. Does this mean that the future foretold by the 2002 movie…

The Dangerous Power of Patriotic Cinema ☛ After a family holiday in Country Cork, Ireland, home of Michael Collins, hero of Irish independence, I became curious to know more about him. I decided to…

The Dangerous Power of Patriotic Cinema ☛ After a family holiday in Country Cork, Ireland, home of Michael Collins, hero of Irish independence, I became curious to know more about him. I decided to take the easy route and watch the movie, the 1996 Neil Jordan biopic. The film seems to be something of a touchstone for the people of Ireland – it was even granted a PG certificate, despite the swearing and violence; it’s deemed to be so culturally important that the Irish government is keen that all Irish kids see it.

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Report from The London Screenwriters Festival 2025 I’d not been to the London Screenwriters’ Festival for some years, maybe not since 2017. As you might expect, it’s changed. The venue is the same—Regent University, neatly hidden in London’s Regent’s Park—but the tone is different, or perhaps just more noticeable. It’s fun. Whether it's a festival or a film set, the tone filters down from the top, and presiding over the Screenwriters’ Festival is one of the most distinctive personalities of the British indy scene: …

Are Movie Awards Nonsense? The Golden Globes and the BAFTAs are in the rear-view mirror, the Oscars lie ahead – awards season is upon us, and you know what that means… Do you know what that means? I’m not sure I know what it means and I vote on awards. The Oscars may be the most high profile trade junket on the planet, watched by nearly 20 million Americans and millions more worldwide, but aren’t all these ceremonies just a festival of self-congratulation?