I put the mask back on Perform but there’s no sun The words are out but without meaning A pantomime, back into hiding. I was out in the cold open Now it’s back to lies back to men I glimpsed th…
Finding EDEN
For someone who doesn’t walk to Tesco alone, I found myself in a rather interesting fix when I realised I would be going to a concert – alone. The tickets had been booked before I even got my un…
2018’s Top Ten Films
The Review staff writers came together to decide this year’s top ten films and to highlight some of 2018’s biggest disappointments. 10) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (wr…
Drama Society’s “The 39 Steps” Draws Raucous Laughs
The Beaver reviews Drama Society’s final production of the Michaelmas Term: The 39 Steps is a fiery comedy that showcases LSE’s long-lost ability to laugh. The 39 Steps is Archer and Monty Python set …
Goodbyes
And a thousand different skies merge to one within my eyes: people, places, memories, thoughts; all is here and all is lost. Suns that rose now sun that sets: pink, blue, green; rewind, reset. …
Order and Chaos
Farewell sailor, from the realm of reason we now depart! Rhyme not as leisure but real art will guide our ship into the dark. Recall blue skies and sun in your eyes, when you could tell truth from the…
Odell’s Ode to London
Fans lined up by the dozens in the cold outside London’s iconic concert room Hammersmith Apollo, full of impatience and excitement.Their expectations were met, if not exceeded, by Tom Odell’s excepti…
Crudo: Weddings, Wars, and the World’s End
Author: Olivia Laing Kathy is getting married in the summer of 2017, right in the midst of the Trump presidency, Brexit, and fascist uprisings. On holiday with her husband-to-be in Tuscany, she discov…
Looking for serial writers
What are we looking for? A short story – 4,000 to 5,000 words Any genre To be published in parts in print How to submit Submit a scene from your work and a synopsis Send it to partb@beaveronline…
Magic, Marvel and Matilda: Musings around Musicals
A conversation about Matilda: the Musical, and how I bullied my friends into ditching dinner plans and working with me. Also this review is full of spoilers – you’ve been warned! Clara: W…