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Sheryl Garratt
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Writer, and a coach helping creative professionals do their best work - while also living their best life. Find me at thecreativelife.net
In that case, my day is busy every day.
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Film: Life of Chuck
A charming, atmospheric adaptation of the Stephen King story, worth it for Tom Hiddlestone’s dance sequence alone.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Venue: ARK inn Margate
The setting for the gig above. A beautiful former synagogue repurposed as a flexible community space. Every town should have something like this.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Book: The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein
This book came out in 2007 yet predicts and explains a lot of what is going on in the world today, from Gaza to the climate crisis, Trump to Reform. Read it and weep.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Book: One Ukranian Summer, Viv Groskop
In 1993, Groskop went to live in the former USSR for a year, to improve her Russian. Instead, she fell in love with a Ukranian musician, though it’s never quite clear if this was reciprocated. A charming coming of age memoir that captures a moment in history.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Film: Palestine 36
Smart, committed and compassionate, Annemarie Jacir is a talented director who makes her points by telling very human stories. Her latest release is more ambitious in scale than her previous films. I wasn’t the only one to leave the cinema in tears.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Podcast: Class Distinction
Simon Lam talks to working-class people involved in creative fields. Which shouldn’t be radical, but when the majority in the media and arts are still public school/Oxbridge educated, sadly it is. The vibrancy of the voices here show what we’re missing out on as a result.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
TV: Slow Horses
Just the best thing on TV at the moment. Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas are superb throughout, but in this series Christopher Chung shines as the preposterous Roddy Ho. And if you haven’t read the Mick Herron books already – they’re a treat.
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM