CULTURE CLUB
WE’VE GOT IT ALL
Liam Stretch Culture Editor
I
just love this place and its resilience. In November, all the great things Canterbury is known for are on show – our deep and historic artistic roots, fashion on the field, and creatives pushing the boundaries. Some of these are on the following page. For this month’s Culture Club reviews, there are exciting options to fill your time, with international stars and locals alike producing some of the best content out there. Also, not on my list this time, but something I must mention is a new Disney Plus series by Steve Martin and John Hoffman, Only Murders in the Building. This is truly like no show I’ve seen before, with its genuinely modern storyline cemented into beautiful, whimsical filming and some expertly eccentric writing. I know I recommend streaming services a lot in my editorials, but if you’re not on board, you’re missing some of the best TV at the moment – most of them are the price of a couple of flat whites for the whole month.
YOUR SONGS
TROJAN TALES
Sir Elton John is a prolific artist and has produced some of the most iconic songs of the last 50 years, and his latest drop, The Lockdown Sessions, has well and truly made waves on the charts. The record is a collection of who’s who right now, featuring tracks with Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X, and my favourite, Charlie Puth, with the track After All. This delightfully eclectic mix of music makes this one of his greatest.
The story of Troy has been told by many of the greats from Euripides to Homer (the epic poet, not the nuclear power plant worker from Springfield), and now Stephen Fry retells it in an equally glorious fashion. In Troy, the former QI host shares the bloody passion and conflict of the legend, its context, and the myths surrounding it. Stephen Fry is an excellent storyteller, and the details within this text are impressively complete.
WORKPLACE DRAMAS What’s better than a long film? A short film. Recently hitting the internet screens is Someday Stories’ latest A Peek Inside The Chch Internet Troll Agency. The mockumentary style clip centres on a Russian troll office based in Christchurch, tasked with various misinformation roles. After a threat to their existence, they come up with a final plan to knock the Kremlin’s socks off. It’s a fantastic performance of local talent and a perfect interlude to a dreary day. Find it on the Someday Stories Facebook page.
