Screengrab: Shhhh…. Someone’s Watching
Two visionary films about surveillance on tv this week, says Richard Lutz
The Amazing World of Amazon: Read All About It
Will we have a world without books? asks Richard Lutz as he sees another bookshop shut down?
Screengrab: If You Gotta See One Film On The Box…
The one movie to watch on UK tv this week? Richard Lutz points to a real winner buried in the schedules
The Baroness T’s Death? Don’t Make Me Laugh
Maggie jokes? There’re a weird joke in themselves, says writer Sheilagh Matheson
Maggie: The Final Act But Enter Sir Mark Stage Right
Britain steels itself for Mrs Thatcher’s funeral. But her son is there as chief mourner, warns Richard Lutz
A Night in the Ukraine with Maggie
With that Margaret Thatcher movie now on our screens, Richard Lutz remembers an interview when Maggie’s spin doctor lost his spin
Biking Through Burma: High Hopes, Doubtful Prospects
Sheilagh Matheson has returned from a month’s trip to Burma, travelling by bike, boat, bus, tut-tut, rickshaw, train and Honda 50
Prince of Denmark: A Cage Fighter on Stage
The new Hamlet at Stratford is full-on muscular theatre: it is Hamlet as cage fighter, says Richard Lutz
Biking in Burma: Long Miles, Silent Temples and Those Dogs
Richard Lutz continues his trip by bike through Burma
Social Media & U
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Biking in Burma: The Lady, Big Changes and A Mystery Guest in Rangoon
How is it going in Burma these days? Richard Lutz has spent most of March in this country, now re-named Myanmar
Review: Heather Gardner
The idea is simple: take Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, rename it Heather Gardner and slap it down in the pre- Beatles ’60s Birmingham.
This Green And Quintessential Land
Does quintessential England really exist? Did it ever, asks Richard Lutz
Wrestling With The Truth
Wrestling is being dropped from The Olympics. Richard Lutz remembers his high school career
Review: A Life Of Galileo
A new RSC production peers into the gap between what we know is true and how much we agree to compromise. Richard Lutz reports
Review: Gettin’ Down Home In Deepest Brum
Transatlantic Sessions is an acoustics supergroup that doesn’t let anyone hog the limelight, says Richard Lutz
Floats Like a Butterfly, Shines Like a Star
Muhammad Ali is fighting his last round, according to reports. Richard Lutz remembers The Greatest
The Super Bowl, Politics and Afghanistan
The annual Super Bowl is gone. But it summons up images that America wants to ignore, says Richard Lutz
Review: The Video Above and the Shakespeare Below
Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale is a late great fable, now opening at Stratford. Richard Lutz reviews it.
Watch This Space: Hillary Aims for ’16
Hillary to run for Prez in ’16? Richard Lutz throws a spotlight on the next US race.
Birmingham Medical Charity Raises Cash and Saves Lives- Thanks to City Supporters
A Birmingham medical charity has raised more than £1500 to save the lives of mothers in developing countries.
Of Movie Stars, Social Media and Abe Lincoln
Richard Lutz warns about how the old fashioned media are stealing from social media sites
When Light Entertainment Hits Dark Times
‘Times were different then’ say some under the legal post Savile spotlight. No, they weren’t says journalist Richard Lutz
Screengrab: The Xmas Edition Plus All The Carry On Films You Would Ever Need
TV films galore over the Xmas period, Check oout Richard Lutz’s recommendations
Guns and America: A Lawyer from the USA Gives His Opinion
American lawyer Jim Burke gives us his assessment on the gun debate in the US,
Guns, the United States and The Law
A week after the Newtown massacre, Richard Lutz ponders the unresolved gun debate in the States.
Get Ready: Instagram Owns You and Your Memories
Yes, Instagram, the free photo site , will own you and every image you slap on its site, warns RICHARD LUTZ.
The UK Way
From Richard Lutz Britain says torture is illegal. And continually and stridently has it said that. So there is no way that Tony Blair’s administration has ever kidnapped a man, his wife and his children, forced them onto a dark plane, flown them halfway round the globe, offered them up to a murderous tyrant and…
Big Bucks At Starbucks
Turn your back on evil Starbucks shops. The bosses are pirates, says Richard Lutz
Medical Charity Doubles Your Donation to Save Mothers’ Lives
Medical charity Ammalife kicks off donation campaign with deal to double your offer to help save lives