Voices in the Machine

Richard Lutz queries just who benefits from ever-newer levels of digital technology.

Review: Blue/Orange at Birmingham Rep – ‘’wonderfully angry…”

Richard Lutz watches a twenty year old play that is still relevant.

Swans of Stratford

Richard Lutz saunters down to Shakespeareland.

Sinatra and ringing in the changes

Richard Lutz checks out a film by Old Blue Eyes. But first, a word about telephones….

Brexit wreckage: The merry go round that’s gone mad

Richard Lutz scrapes through the shattered remains of Brexit-land to find any signs of anything …except madness.

Table talk

Richard Lutz checks out his coffee table to find out who he is.

Screengrab: When the pen is mightier than skullduggery

Richard Lutz points the finger at the TV film you can’t miss this week.

Adieu Mr Redford, goodbye 2018

Richard Lutz says goodbye to The Sundance Kid and leafs through his own bookshelf in yet another first week of a new year.

Peter Pan: ‘…a Crimbo winner, a nutcase classic’

Richard Lutz can’t get enough of panto at the Hippodrome.

Listening to the bend of the river

Richard Lutz hears the river flow

A Christmas Carol: “…a delight, 9.5 out of ten…”

Richard Lutz – with help from eleven year old Finn – checks out a Christmas cracker.

Dog day afternoon and other tails

Richard Lutz goes to The Edge.

Screengrab: Never forget Irving Bacon

Richard Lutz plunges into TV movieland to dredge up a gem or two. 

Review: Wizard of Oz

Richard Lutz takes to the Yellow Brick Road.

Ballet Review: The Nutcracker

Richard Lutz chats with eight year-old Stan about The Nutcracker at the Hippodrome.

Letter from Brexitland: In the terrain of the unbridgeable

Richard Lutz listens to the clock tick away until Britain leaves the EU.

No tooth, nothing but the tooth

`Richard Lutz stumbles through another week.

Great Escapes

Richard Lutz enjoys light comedy in a dark world.

When smoke gets in your laws

Richard Lutz on the need for drug law reform.

Getting to the church on time

Richard Lutz peeks into two churches on walks near Birmingham.

Review: Not Today’s Yesterdays

Richard Lutz views a one-woman show that explores how colonialism poisoned a pristine world.

35 years on: I went on a demo

Richard Lutz takes to the streets filled with anti-Brexit protesters and latte.

The digital mirror

Richard Lutz rifles through his electronic life to find out who he is.

Screengrab: Assault on Precinct 13

Richard Lutz eyes up the best film on TV this week.

The Wipers Times at the Birmingham Rep: Mud, blood and the written word

Richard Lutz takes to the trenches for this World War One play.

Screengrab: Get shorties

Richard Lutz trawls through the best TV films of the week.

The fire and fury of a world premiere

Richard Lutz takes his pew at the Birmingham Hippodrome for dance with fire in its soul.

Edge of the world and other tales

To the margins of the isles – Richard Lutz heads for the Hebrides.

A gift from Poundland

  Richard Lutz visits a favourite spot.

City with the Fringe on top

Richard Lutz reviews his week and barely leaves Edinburgh alive after three days at the city’s incessant Festival.