Ellen Cheshire
Mary Shelley and the Birth of Gothic
Earlier this year I was asked to write the lead essay for the BFI's release of Ken Russell's Gothic. Written by Stephen Volk it's a wild...
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Ellen Cheshire
- Sep 3
- 2 min
Cinemas Near Me: Finsbury Park
In my quest to visit theatres I've not been to before, this week I found myself at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park to see an adaptation...
Ellen Cheshire
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Cinemas Near Me: A Coruña
One of my planned stopping off points in Spain was the port city of A Coruña on the Northwest coast. If people have heard of A Coruña at...
Ellen Cheshire
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry opened in 1997. When the fishing industry in the city...
Ellen Cheshire
- Aug 17
- 1 min
Cinemas Near Me: Hendon
Today is the last day working for a charity based in Colindale which saw me visiting North and North West London on occasion for work...
Ellen Cheshire
- Aug 6
- 2 min
Cinemas Near Me: Witney (& Winchester)
A teaching gig in Gerrards Cross and the desire to see Giffords Circus which at the time was pitched in Barrington, Oxfordshire saw me...
Ellen Cheshire
- Aug 6
- 3 min
Nights at the Circus: Giffords Circus, Barrington
I had longed heard of Giffords Circus, and work gig that was (sort of) in the direction of their stint in Barrington, Oxfordshire gave me...
Ellen Cheshire
- Aug 6
- 3 min
#52FilmsByWomen - 17th batch of 52 films Directed by Women
Here's the 17th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films and TV watched between March -...
Ellen Cheshire
- Aug 2
- 1 min
Ditchling: Signs of the Seaside
The Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in the East Sussex village of Ditchling has long been on my To Visit list. When I spotted that their...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jul 28
- 3 min
Cinemas Near Me: Brighton
A stint of cat sitting coincided with a special opening event of the Brighton Hippodrome, which is undergoing extensive restoration. I...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jul 22
- 2 min
Nights at the Circus: Circus Zyair, Chichester
Circus Zyair set up their Big Top and accompanying bar in Oaklands Park, Chichester. Wending our way past the Chichester Festival Theatre...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Cinemas Near Me: Bognor Regis pt 1
On a wild and windy July day I took my pier themed handbag for a walk along the promenade at Bognor Regis, stopping for a drink at the...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jul 15
- 3 min
Shakespeare Around the Globe: Cinematic Adaptations
In preparation for a talk in June 2024 on film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays for Chichester Literary Society I asked, on twitter,...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Cinemas Near Me: Swanage
"I do like to be beside the seaside..." a perfect place, as this penny shuffle in Swanage Pier Amusement arcade calls it, for Jolly...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jul 1
- 2 min
Cinemas Near Me: Islington
Continuing my chronicle of cinematic adventures in London on Wednesday 28 June... Having booked an afternoon guided walking tour, I was...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jul 1
- 2 min
Cinemas Near Me: Golders Green
First of two posts from my busy day in London on Wednesday 28 June when I took part in two film and cinema related walking tours. By the...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jul 1
- 1 min
When Barbie Went to Bologna
On 1 July 2016 I took time out of Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna to take in an amazing exhibition of Barbie dolls. Little...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jun 12
- 4 min
Four Films and an AGM
Four Films. Three Venues. Two Days. One hell of a weekend! Saturday morning I headed down the A27 to Southsea for The Frank Matcham...
Ellen Cheshire
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Nights at the Circus: Circus Wonderland, Bognor Regis
When the circus pitches up at the end of your road it would be churlish not to go. And go I did for the first performance of its five day...
Ellen Cheshire
- May 26
- 2 min
Zoom Rockman's Jewish Hall of Fame
At only 22, satirist, editorial cartoonist, puppet maker and animator Zoom Rockman (unbelievably his real name) is celebrating his 10th...
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