Jessica Millott

With the new series of The Great British Bake Off starting this week, fans have taken to Twitter en-masse to celebrate. Amidst the tweeting frenzy of Mary Berry fans all over the UK, @RSLiterature (Royal Society of Literature), in a stroke of genius, managed to combine the love of...

The Grand Tour originally took place in the 17th – 19th centuries for rich travellers so they could become ‘cultured’. The tour took them across the globe, from England to Italy and Greece. For the modern day traveller however, this has been narrowed down to the much more accessible local region. The...

Nottingham Contemporary director Alex Farquharson has been revealed as the new director of London’s Tate Britain. After his stint as a founding member of Nottingham’s premier art gallery, and director since 2007, Farquharson was announced as Penelope Curtis’ replacement yesterday. Due to criticisms over Curtis’ leadership of the cultural...

The Grand Tour originally took place in the 17th – 19th centuries for rich travellers so they could become ‘cultured’. The tour took them across the globe, from England to Italy and Greece. For the modern day traveller however, this has been narrowed down to the much more accessible local...

As a self-confessed musical theatre nerd, I have always been slightly disappointed in myself for not seeing the supposed ‘musical of all musicals’, which comes in the form of Stephen Schwartz’s Wicked. Since seeing intriguing extracts and songs performed, I have always wanted to find out the full story...

The Wiz is a unique super soul musical derived from the classic tale Wizard of Oz. Martin Berry’s adaptation is further enhanced, taking the setting out of America and placing it in 1970s Nottingham. Sound a bit far fetched? Well it was, but the absurdity was what made the...

Amateur dramatics (Am-Dram) holds a negative stigma that has sometimes proven true, but in most cases am-drams can be better than productions considered ‘professional’. So, if you’re umming and aahing as to whether or not to go and see your town’s local production of ‘Hedda Gabler’ (my deliberation on...