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Tom Birchenough

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Articles By Tom Birchenough

Boudica, Shakespeare's Globe review - ancient history made compellingly contemporary

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Insyriated review - claustrophobic terror in a Damascus war zone

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God's Own Country review - a raw, rural masterpiece

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DVD/Blu-ray: My Beautiful Laundrette

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Late Company, Trafalgar Studios review - visceral production of Jordan Tannahill's lean, pained drama

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Strike: The Cuckoo's Calling, BBC One review - JK Rowling's debut in crime bows most promisingly

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Hotel Salvation review - a moving meditation on the end

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Tom of Finland review - engaging biopic of gay pioneer

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DVD/Blu-ray: The Tree of Wooden Clogs

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DVD: Cézanne et moi

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DVD/Blu-ray: Long Shot

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DVD/Blu-ray: My 20th Century

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Peter Ackroyd: Queer City - London's gay life over two millennia

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After the Storm review - quietly nuanced and moving Japanese family drama impresses

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An Octoroon review - slavery reprised as melodrama in a vibrantly theatrical show

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DVD/Blu-ray: Lino Brocka - Two Films

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