While newspapers, television and radio are all bemoaning silly season and slow news days – t5m’s Contributors Network has been brimming with the biggest stories, most informative reviews and most outrageous opinions…
Resident theatre expert and critic Matt Boothman has completed his three part review of this year’s Fringe Festival, with a wry look at why so many critics are keen to write recommendation lists; and film buffs Nicholas Deigman and Neil Innes give us their ratings of Sundance hit Frozen River and low budget sci-film Moon, respectively.
We also welcome current affairs journalist Phil Wadley to the network – who this week launches an (almost!) scathing attack on local authority’s waste disposal policy, and model turned superstar chef Julie Anne Rhodes takes us with her to the opening of the Rock’n'Roll Public Library.
For those looking for some sporting pursuits, football fanatic Ryan Reddick lined up some world cup hopefuls, and music journalist extraordinaire Ben Cohen joined Ryan in the analysis – disecting the nominees for this year’s Mercury Music Prize.
If you’ve still got any energy left, the impossibly chic and fabulous Amanda Eliasch encourages us to go green and get generous…
And of course, this week has seen freelance journalist, single mother and financial liability Madelaine Greene get a job writing pamphlets on ‘lavatory installation’ as well as in a cake shop – just as well really, following the news that her gorgeous London home has subsidence.
Wow – we’re exhausted already! Roll on next week…
