AUTOMATON AND ON / OH COMELY 13/10/201619/09/2019Jason Ward Our generation has been robbed. Technology trends towards the bland, as the curved electronic rectangles in our homes will attest. Before the height
INFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS #3: THE EVEN YOUNGER MEMNON / OH COMELY 13/10/201619/09/2019Jason Ward As you spot your third grey hair in the bathroom mirror, you realise that soon the day will come when you stop counting
INFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS #2: BY THE SLEEPY LAGOON / OH COMELY 11/08/201619/09/2019Jason Ward You’d always assumed that Desert Island Discs was purely theoretical. The unsmiling men that greet you upon your exit from the recording studio,
SIX HOLIDAY SOUVENIRS / OH COMELY 11/08/201619/09/2019Jason Ward Just because something is a pencil sharpener with I WENT APE AT BRISTOL ZOO printed on it doesn’t mean that it can’t also
KELLY MACDONALD (SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS) / OH COMELY 11/08/201616/09/2019Jason Ward Kelly Macdonald’s talent has been evident since her fiery debut in Trainspotting, but the most striking thing about meeting her is her sense
INFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS #1: THE CHARMED CHARM / OH COMELY 09/06/201619/09/2019Jason Ward On a street that you’re never able to find again you enter a shop with no windows. Over the years to come you
FINDING HOPE IN SPEED DATING / OH COMELY 09/06/201619/09/2019Jason Ward To have an adventure is to go somewhere you’ve never gone before. Historically, this was taken in a literal sense – foreign climes
SARA BENNETT / OH COMELY 09/06/201616/09/2019Jason Ward “You’ll hate digital effects, it’s full of anoraks and nerds,” the man was telling Sara Bennett. “You won’t like it at all.” Hooked
JODIE WHITTAKER (ADULT LIFE SKILLS) / OH COMELY 09/06/201623/06/2020Jason Ward It would be an understatement to say that Adult Life Skills is personal for Jodie Whittaker. The actress’ latest film – a sharp,
ALEXANDRA ROACH / OH COMELY 21/04/201629/09/2016Jason Ward Alexandra Roach is conspicuously nice. This sounds like damning her with faint praise, but Alex’s defining characteristic is her easy, generous warmth, a