Author: Elizabeth Sorrell


  • Review: The Painted Bird – Moving, Brutal, But Powerful In Its Message

    Elizabeth Sorrell reviews this harrowing adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński’s novel

  • Literature Vs. Adaptation: The Hobbit, ‘Monumental Disappointment and Invincible Dwarves’

    Elizabeth Sorrell adds to the series of Literature Vs. Adaptation with The Hobbit.

  • Are Video Games Art?

    Elizabeth Sorrell discusses whether video games should be seen as art.

  • Introducing: Joy Crookes

    Elizabeth Sorrell explores the career and lyrical influences of Joy Crookes.

  • The Purpose and Rules Behind Imagist Poetry

    Elizabeth Sorrell digs deep into work by Ezra Pound and F.S Flint.

  • Review: The Feminist and the Sex Offender – “Levine and Meiners cover all bases by explaining the history and theory of abolitionist feminism”

    Political issues are definitely at the forefront of any society, Elizabeth Sorrell reviews Judith Levine and Erica R. Meiners’s The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence.

  • Theatre: An Educational Opportunity or Class Discrimination?

    Is theatre for the masses, or only the wealthy? Elizabeth Sorrell investigates the accessibility of the arts.

  • Nostalgic News: Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ was published 130 years ago

    Elizabeth Sorrell takes us back in time to the infamous gothic novel that’s just as potent now as when it was first released.

  • Gender in Theatre Throughout Time

    Elizabeth Sorrell takes a look at the depiction on gender throughout the history of theatre.

  • Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the National Theatre

    Elizabeth Sorrell explores Nicholas Hytner’s production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

  • In Criticism Of: After Life

    I knew this was a bad idea. Ricky Gervais is simply impenetrable, every word of this article may as well be one rung down the ladder when it comes to how valuable my opinion will be in the future; he is a national treasure and I am already aware that I am treading on eggshells […]

  • Author in Focus: Karen Blixen

    For the latest Author in Focus, Elizabeth Sorrell looks into the life and writings of Danish author Karen Blixen

  • Hidden Gem: Swimmer Among the Stars by Kanishk Tharoor

    Elizabeth Sorrell talks us through their Hidden Gem literary pick: Swimmer Among the Stars

  • Review: The Fasting Girl at NST City

    CW: Reference to eating disorders. Eva has refused to eat for weeks and refuses to explain why to her mother, Brigid. That is until Dana, a doctor specialising in eating disorders comes to visit with a different approach to others who have urged Eva to eat. Part of NST City’s current Make it SO festival […]