Lis Ferla / November 20, 2017

culture consumption: october 2017;

So, after getting all smug about nailing my Goodreads reading challenge for the year (because, apparently, I now live a lifestyle where 30 books in a year genuinely is a challenge), this month my reading…

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Lis Ferla / September 7, 2017

culture consumption: august 2017;

So this is usually the column in which I round up the great and the not-so-great things I have read, watched and listened to in any given month. Which begs the question: what if I…

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Lis Ferla / May 5, 2017

culture consumption: april 2017;

The best reason not to make New Year’s resolutions? Everybody breaks them anyway. And April was the month in which I broke a quiet promise to myself, that I made at the start of the…

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Lis Ferla / March 3, 2017

culture consumption: february 2017;

February has been a pretty decent month for me on the ol’ arts front. I broke my gigging duck for the year (48 days in – a new record), saw a whole THREE films at…

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Lis Ferla / February 1, 2017

culture consumption: january 2017;

After all my proclamations about 2017 being the year I rediscover my creative spark, I’m ending January having written less than I have in a long time. And, honestly, it feels fantastic. Not counting day…

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Lis Ferla / February 10, 2016

tv review: the x-files, channel 5;

This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. It’s 2016, and The X-Files is the most popular TV show in the world. The very idea that over 20 million people in the US would tune…

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Lis Ferla / November 3, 2015

tv review: girl in a band: tales from the rock n roll front line, bbc four;

This review was originally published on The Arts Desk. For women making music, it’s probably a tough call to decide on what is more tedious: being asked what it’s like being a girl in a…

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Lis Ferla / March 27, 2015

tv review: hillary clinton – the power of women, bbc two;

This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. If the mark of a good documentary is that it teaches you something new, then the awkwardly-titled Hillary Clinton: The Power of Women was a very good…

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Lis Ferla / March 19, 2015

tv review: raised by wolves, series one, channel 4;

This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. For somebody who never seems to be short of things to say, journalist and author Caitlin Moran doesn’t half like to repeat herself. Raised by Wolves is,…

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Lis Ferla / March 13, 2015

tv review: stop cutting our girls: a comic relief special, bbc three;

This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. Earlier tonight, I read – on Twitter, so I’m not vouching for its accuracy – that more people have now signed a petition to reinstate Jeremy Clarkson…

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