Climate activist and writer JANE ROGERS introduces her new collection, Fire-ready, and examines the connection between life and fiction
The timeless relevance of the Scrooge allegory
WILL STONE is filled with a sizeable dose of Christmas spirit
It's all great fun
[Manuel Harlan]
ELEANOR DOBSON reflects on a stark visual record of the violent desecration of Tutankhamun’s mummified remains
RUTH AYLETT appreciates the rich blend of poetry and music that accompanied the launch of the Morning Star’s anthology of poetry, Who We Are
WANJA KIMANI explores the many bonds of community experience expressed in in the bold and colourful imagery of a new mural
New releases from Keeley, Lucinda Williams and Ye Vagabonds
JAN WOOLF ponders the works and contested reputation of the West German sculptor and provocateur, who believed that everybody is potentially an artist
A Christmas Carol
The Old Vic, London SE1
THERE is a timeless quality to the Dickens classic that seems to ensure its relevance in every epoch.
Published in 1843 and inspired by the abject poverty suffered by the working-class and their children of the Victorian era in which he lived, A Christmas Carol once again has huge pertinence to today’s cost-of-living crisis.
Similar stories
WILL STONE is frustrated by a performance that chooses to garble the lyrics and drown the songs in reverb
MARY CONWAY applauds the study of a dysfunctional family set in an Ireland that could be anywhere
The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARTIN HALL, MICHAL BONCZA, ANGUS REID reviews Holy Cow, One to One: John and Yoko, King of Kings, Panda Bear in Africa
WILL STONE is intrigued, and a little baffled by a strangely unique telling of the classic Sophocles play