Lesley Finlay

  1. Book review: The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks

    Book review: The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks  

    The Carnegie-award-winning novel was a little tough for Lesley Finlay...

  2. Ink Pellet is 100

    Ink Pellet is 100  

    Happy birthday to Ink Pellet! Lesley Finlay gives a brief history of the magazine...

  3. Theatre review: My Perfect Mind

    Theatre review: My Perfect Mind  

    Lesley Finlay enjoyed delving in My Perfect Mind, as Told by an Idiot...

  4. Book review: Poetry of the First World War: an anthology

    Book review: Poetry of the First World War: an anthology  

    Lesley Finlay enjoys a great anthology of First World War poetry....

  5. Big Interview: Simon Barraclough

    Big Interview: Simon Barraclough  

    Simon Barraclough is one of the judges of the Foyle Young Poet of the Year award. He talked to LESLEY FINLAY about his development from record shop worker to poet...

  6. Book: Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo

    Book: Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo  

    LESLEY FINLAY enjoyed this delightful new take on a favourite fairytale from a wonderful pairing - Michael Morpurgo and Emma Chichester Clark...

  7. Theatre:The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

    Theatre:The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui  

    LESLEY FINLAY enjoyed an evening of intellectual rigour at the Duchess Theatre in London for a little bit of Brecht...

  8. Pride and Prejudice: the nation’s favourite novel

    Pride and Prejudice: the nation’s favourite novel  

    Pride and Prejudice was published two hundred years ago but remains as fresh and alive to readers across the land. LESLEY FINLAY recalls her introduction to the novel along with writer Hilary Robertson and teacher Alison Clayton...

  9. Roxana Silbert

     

    Roxana Silbert is the artistic director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre which is re-opening in September. LESLEY FINLAY spoke to the dynamic woman who came to a career in theatre relatively late...

  10. Hello Kitty Dictionary

    Hello Kitty Dictionary  

    Lesley Finlay took a deep breath and opened the covers of this pink as pink reference book...