Sheryl Garratt
@sherylg.bsky.social
Writer, and a coach helping creative professionals do their best work - while also living their best life. Find me at thecreativelife.net
Event: Irvine Welsh at the Folkestone Book Festival
Welsh talking about Men In Love, his latest foray into the Trainspotting universe. And his new album, expanding the novel’s theme of miscommunication between men and women.
Welsh talking about Men In Love, his latest foray into the Trainspotting universe. And his new album, expanding the novel’s theme of miscommunication between men and women.
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Event: Irvine Welsh at the Folkestone Book Festival
Welsh talking about Men In Love, his latest foray into the Trainspotting universe. And his new album, expanding the novel’s theme of miscommunication between men and women.
Welsh talking about Men In Love, his latest foray into the Trainspotting universe. And his new album, expanding the novel’s theme of miscommunication between men and women.
Film: Running Man
Slipped off to the cinema on a cold, wet Monday afternoon to see Edgar Wright’s latest. It’s extremely silly but also highly entertaining. Though I felt it missed opportunities to score a few sharper points in places.
Slipped off to the cinema on a cold, wet Monday afternoon to see Edgar Wright’s latest. It’s extremely silly but also highly entertaining. Though I felt it missed opportunities to score a few sharper points in places.
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Film: Running Man
Slipped off to the cinema on a cold, wet Monday afternoon to see Edgar Wright’s latest. It’s extremely silly but also highly entertaining. Though I felt it missed opportunities to score a few sharper points in places.
Slipped off to the cinema on a cold, wet Monday afternoon to see Edgar Wright’s latest. It’s extremely silly but also highly entertaining. Though I felt it missed opportunities to score a few sharper points in places.
In that case, my day is busy every day.
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In that case, my day is busy every day.
Film: Life of Chuck
A charming, atmospheric adaptation of the Stephen King story, worth it for Tom Hiddlestone’s dance sequence alone.
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
Film: Life of Chuck
A charming, atmospheric adaptation of the Stephen King story, worth it for Tom Hiddlestone’s dance sequence alone.
A charming, atmospheric adaptation of the Stephen King story, worth it for Tom Hiddlestone’s dance sequence alone.
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.
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
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.
The setting for the gig above. A beautiful former synagogue repurposed as a flexible community space. Every town should have something like this.
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.
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: 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.