Journalist, science writer, storyteller
Originally written for Exeunt In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with us and the Word was us. And the Word was stories, and stories have endured. It’s a drizzly Saturday afternoon and I’ve stopped dead in the middle of the Tesco over the hill from my house, clutching a carton of … Continue reading Rove
Originally written for Exeunt Director James Whale (Ian Gelder) doesn’t create monsters anymore; he fights them. After a series of strokes, the jagged forks of lightning that once rent the skies in Frankenstein now pulse through his nervous system, snagging on words and memories, and he lives in quiet frustration with his mothering and brilliantly … Continue reading Gods & Monsters
I’ve tried writing words about Songs of Lear, and it’s completely pointless. I just can’t. So I’m going to write around it as best I can and that gaping maw in the middle, that unnamable, missing, essential thing; that’s what it feels like to watch it. A few weeks ago, we recorded some original music … Continue reading Songs of Lear
Originally written for Exeunt Art’s not a mirror, it’s a hammer. That’s the gist of what Brecht said, anyway. According to Google. I’ve never read anything Brecht’s actually said – frightfully undereducated in the ways of old white men talking about theatre, me. Or, to be fair, anyone at all talking about theatre prior to … Continue reading Lie Collector
Last November, the ESA’s Rosetta mission landed Philae, a craft the size of a domestic washing machine, on the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, over 500 million miles from Earth. That’s twice as far away as our average distance from Mars - a planet it’s taken us more than a few stabs to successfully land exploratory vehicles on … Continue reading Failure
Everyone loves a good story. Last week, I saw two old friends for a drink and a catch up, and met two new people along with them. Less than 10 minutes in, we were swapping stories of nightmare flatmates we’d all had. Then we moved on to backstage horrors and production anecdotes. Story isn’t dead, … Continue reading Tell Them Stories
Mary Halton 