At home with Russell sounds like a truly terrifying place to be. As does in interview with Russell, judging by this, broadcast on Front Row recently.

* Does that sound unfairly teasing? Sorry, but if I record the version I heard here I a) won’t do it justice and b) will probably end up with a writ…. Let’s just say that it’s a cross between early Hunter S Thompson and this…

The Guardian: “This is strong stuff.” ****
Empire: “The mullet-free Robin Hood movie we’ve been waiting decades for.” ****
The Daily Telegraph: “What saves the movie, which is quite flawed but still Scott’s best in nearly a decade, is its majestic feel for the English landscape.” ***
Variety: “”Robin Hood” comes to resemble a medieval “Bourne” movie as it darts hither and yon from Nottingham to the northern coast of France”
The News of the World: “If 12th-century warfare didn’t look like this, it flamin’ well should have done.” ****
The Daily Mail: “Sir Ridley Scott makes a triumphant return to form with this magnificent epic.” ****

Boo hoo, I know.

Alas, flights reopened just too early for me to get along to have a look at a copy of Magna Carta, which was in town for a visit.

(Magna Carta was also stranded in New York. Don’t ask me why.)

Anyway, I am glad I have a subscription to The New Yorker, because it was that excellent magazine which reported on the exhibition. My copy arrived in London shortly after I did. Go figure, as they say across the Pond.

You can read the (rather amusing) article here.

Source: The Times