Tag Archives: X-Factor

A tragic tale that still resonates today

A tragic tale that still resonates today

Mature Times reviews Blood Brothers at Bristol Hippodrome. Blood Brothers, the musical, written by Willy Russell originally started off as a school play first performed in the unlikely setting of Faza ...
TV talent shows

TV talent shows

Hands up who remembers Opportunity Knocks, possibly the greatest talent show on British television that gave us so many enduring stars.  You must remember Hughie Green and his Canadian accent who enco ...
Sounds like sour grapes Simon Cowell?

Sounds like sour grapes Simon Cowell?

Simon Cowell has criticised The Great British Bake Off for being boring, arguing that it is much more exciting watching an X Factor winner than “looking at a chocolate éclair at the end of the show”. ...
Grayson Perry explores dementia

Grayson Perry explores dementia

Turner Prize-winning Grayson Perry explores identity in a new Channel Four documentary which coincides with his new display, WHO ARE YOU? featured at the National Portrait Gallery this autumn (25 Octo ...