An Ode to… motorbikes
I should preface this column by saying that I don’t actually own a motorbike of my own. Ever since my Dad lost a game of […]
Articles by Sarah Kirkland
A question of identity
This column will probably not make a whole lot of sense to most people, and is more personal than anything I’ve written so far, but […]
An Ode to… Gregory Peck
Everybody knows who Gregory Peck is – or at least everybody who watches movies will know who he is. He was the star of classic […]
Book review: ‘Pure’ by Andrew Miller
Author: Andrew Miller Published: 2011 Paris in 1785 seems, in hindsight, like a dangerous place to be. On the brink of revolution and positively seething […]
An Ode to… Tea
I am a self-confessed tea addict. I think being a student twice and now a nurse, who regularly spends thirteen hours straight on my feet […]
The worst accent ever heard on the big screen
Polls are funny things; polls about films are even funnier things. Everyone has an opinion on everything, and nowhere is this more evident than polls […]
An Ode to… John Barry
In my line of work, I often get the chance to attend concerts, and that was the case a couple of weeks ago when I […]
Shame: review
Warning for slight spoilers contained in this review (but nothing that will make you break out in hives). Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge […]
An Ode to… Birdsong
As I write this, the first episode of a television adaptation of ‘Birdsong’ has just gone out on BBC 1, so if you’re wanting to […]
An Ode to… Band of Brothers
“Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?” … “No… but I served in a company of heroes”. For Christmas, and completely by accident, […]
An Ode to… Words
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make.” – Truman Capote Words are everywhere. The […]