Based in London
I write about theatre, film and London’s cultural spaces, focusing on what it feels like to be there.
What lingers after the final curtain matters. What stays with you, what doesn’t, and how that shapes the experience.
Alongside arts and culture, I write about mental health and lived experience, exploring the gap between how life appears and how it is actually lived.
Nearly twenty years after its premiere, War Horse remains one of Britain’s most extraordinary theatrical achievements. Through puppetry, suggestion and imagination, the National Theatre’s landmark production trusts its audience to complete the picture, creating a world that often feels more vivid than one rendered in full.
From late arrivals to absent staff, the modern cinema quietly shifts responsibility onto the audience. But if the experience cannot be protected, what exactly are we paying for?
Hidden beside Southwark Cathedral and Borough Market, The Golden Hinde remains one of London’s most tactile cultural experiences. As the historic replica marks 30 years in the capital, the team behind the ship are balancing preservation, accessibility and education while keeping a piece of maritime history alive on Bankside.
Public space is not a stage, a living room, or an extension of your personality. Somewhere along the way, restraint was mistaken for weakness and consideration for inconvenience. This is not nostalgia. It is a refusal to indulge behaviour that makes shared life unbearable.
Colin Cushion 