Vue Shepherd’s Bush: Fondly Remembering an Old Friend

My childhood cinema, the Vue Shepherd’s Bush, closed its doors for the final time on Tuesday, June 30th. In one sense, it was a sudden closure, with Vue themselves not even acknowledging it publicly until the very last day. In another sense, it had been coming for a while; Vue’s other site across the way […]

The Magic Lantern: Big Triumph In Little Tywyn

By the time the ratty little diesel train I’m on rumbles into Tywyn railway station, I’ve been travelling for just over six hours. There’s a bright red building at the end of the high street that is the whole reason I’ve made that insane pilgrimage, and I don’t even need to enter it to know […]