Author: Colin Cushion
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Looking For Stability In A Broken Job Market
in ColumnAfter hours spent battling through convoluted applications and a growing pile of rejections, I’m left wondering how someone willing and able to work can still end up feeling unemployable. Between bipolar disorder, therapy, and an increasingly dehumanising recruitment process, finding stability feels harder than ever.
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Not Every Emergency Needs an Audience
in ColumnAfter emergency vehicles attended a possible missing person search in the Docklands, I found myself watching another kind of spectacle unfold: the crowd. Why are people so instinctively drawn towards sirens, flashing blue lights, and unfolding emergencies, and at what point does curiosity become performance?
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Rewind Review: Oliver and Company
in ReviewsA sensational soundtrack, gritty New York charm and a surprising amount of emotional depth make Oliver and Company one of Disney’s most fascinating transitional films, bridging the gap between old-school animation and the Broadway magic of the Disney Renaissance.
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Performing Adulthood While Living in Poverty
in ColumnA curdled bowl of Weetabix, bounced payments, and a city built for people with money. A bipolar journalism student reflects on poverty, performance, and trying to survive in modern London.
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War Horse Review: The Audience Does The Rest
in ReviewsNearly 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.
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The Problem With Olympic “Legacy” In Britain
in ColumnBritain became unbelievably good at selling the visual success of London 2012. Measuring the deeper social legacy proved far more difficult. As talk of a northern-led Olympic bid grows, the country faces a bigger question than where the Games should happen: does Britain still know how to deliver lasting national ambition beyond branding, spectacle and…
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The World Cannot End Every Morning Before Breakfast
in ColumnModern news increasingly feels designed to emotionally overwhelm rather than inform. After waking up to coverage of the Trump and Xi summit, Colin Cushion reflects on doomscrolling, media framing and why audiences are desperate for perspective again.
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Raising the Flag for the “Pearl of Bankside”
in FeaturesThe Golden Hinde has been named one of four National Historic Ships UK Flagships of the Year for 2026, as visitors, volunteers and heritage figures gathered aboard the replica vessel at St Mary Overie Dock to celebrate its continuing place at the heart of London’s cultural landscape.
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Hooked, Then Completely Lost: Thoughts on Sherlock Holmes at Regent’s Park
in ReviewsSherlock Holmes at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre completely pulled me in with magical surroundings, razor-sharp pacing and constantly inventive staging, before an ending that left me feeling like I’d somehow wandered into an entirely different mystery. These aren’t so much formal thoughts on the production as they are an attempt to process the experience…
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Touched by the Dungeon: My Honest Take on Blackout Ritual
in ReviewsBlackout: Ritual at The London Dungeon is a confident return to form, blending tighter storytelling with genuinely immersive, physical interaction. It’s not flawless, but it proves the attraction can deliver compelling after-hours experiences beyond Halloween.
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