arts byTim Lezard


Festivals > Dundee Mountain Film Festival November 25-27 This festival’s motto is “Inspiring outdoor adventure since 1983” – and the event showcases an international programme of speakers, as well as award-winning films and exhibitions of art and photography. https://tinyurl.com/4pa3uwr5


Film > The French Dispatch Released October 22 Described by director Wes Anderson as “a love letter to journalists”, this film brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional French city.


The film is heavy on star names, including Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson. https://tinyurl.com/ywduh2v7


Comedy> Sindhu Vee The Alphabet Tour On tour throughout October and November The former investment banker hits the road for her rescheduled tour. It’s all about the hair we want, the friends we have, and living with the vast


, Spotlight > Life in the local lane


Hundreds of journalists could have written Panic as Man Burns Crumpets. It is a searingly honest, funny, poignant and personal account of working in the regional press in which feature writer and columnist


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Roger Lytollis’ optimism lasts only until budget cuts kick in. Those of us who have


worked at local papers will recognise the characters – “the people in my newsroom must have been


moonlighting at every paper in the country,” Roger tells Arts. Laugh at his weird and utterly ridiculous stories, discover the people he interviews and reminisce about the good old days. Those who have not had


those experiences will learn of a bygone era when reporters, feature writers, photographers and subs


were valued, and when ‘clickbait’ and ‘versioning’ were merely figments of some beancounter’s imagination. So, yes, hundreds of


journalists could have written this book, but only Lytollis has. I doubt anyone could have done it better. https://tinyurl.com/ yfyauk6b


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National Theatre From November 16 Moira Buffini’s darkly comic play sees Ted, the charismatic leader of a far-right organisation, join a group of strangers in sheltering from a violent storm in a run-down manor house. This explosive mix of people must survive the weather and each other. https://tinyurl.com/zxrzsh24


difference between virus and viral. https://tinyurl.com/52cayf58


Katherine Ryan Missus On tour throughout October and November Having previously denounced partnership, Katherine has since married her first love… accidentally. Her new show looks at life, love, and what it means to be Missus. https://tinyurl.com/2mxf2e79


Theatre > Hamlet Young Vic Until November 13 Cush Jumbo makes her Young Vic debut as the Danish prince in Shakespeare’s tale of power, politics and desire. The director Greg Hersov promises that she’ll be a “new kind of Hamlet”. https://tinyurl.com/f7mmhjzd


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An Inky Business by Matthew J Shaw This 240-page tome looks at those who made and read newspapers from the British civil wars to the Battle of Gettysburg, revealing fake news has dark early-modern echoes. https://tinyurl.com/6kubumz2


Martin Parr: 40 Years of Photography in Ireland Roscommon Arts Centre until October 29, then on tour Martin Parr has been taking photographs in Ireland for two decades. He records the visit of the Pope and horse and cattle fairs, and explores the new wave of corporate American influence in Irish society and the shadow of an impending Brexit. https://tinyurl.com/323czf4a


Books > French Leave by Chris Proctor This novel by The Journalist’s And Finally columnist shows two pictures of rural France, one seen through the eyes of ludicrously self-indulgent ex-pat Brits, and the other recalled by confused Jean-Marie, who is trapped in its past. French Leave has great reviews on Amazon for its storytelling and hilarity. https://tinyurl.com/jed9cs


Football, She Wrote: an Anthology of Women’s Writing on the Game This collection showcases the finest pieces from 20 female sportswriters who capture the spirit and diversity of the game they love with memoirs, profiles, interviews and talking points. https://tinyurl.com/y9b6z7p8


The Prime Ministers We Never Had by Steve Richards Journalist and commentator Steve Richards looks at 11 prime ministers we never had – including Healey, Heseltine, Miliband (x2) and Corbyn – examining what made each of them unique and why they failed to make the final leap to the very top. https://tinyurl.com/d7ez9z95


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