Hilary Seabrook - writer, podcaster, musician

Writing - Making Your Mark - is the latest exhibition at the British Library. It takes the theme of how we communicate in marks and scratches and explores both history and future.     There's a long story to tell - 5,000 years of turning speech into symbols as written communication has evolved - and continues to evolve.     Well worth a visit.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's As You Like It  was streamed live into The Broadway Cinema in Letchworth, bringing a lot of fun and more than the usual gender-swapping roles.     Shakespeare's separated lovers are reunited and all ends happily, with some of the expected twists and turns. What this production offers is gender switches that make for more confusion and fun. As ever, it was a joy to see great performances and stage effects beamed into a local cinema.

The National Theatre Live programme allows those of us in the provinces to enjoy West End theatre in our local cinema. Excellent seats at a reasonable cost and home before 10pm!     This month's delight was All About Eve , a stage adaptation by Ivo can Hove of a 1950 film adaptation of the original play by Mary Orr. Although you could see what was coming, the suspense was still gripping and the case extraordinary.     Both Gillian Anderson as Margo Channing and Lily James as Eve Harrington put on dynamic performances that made their characters evolve through the events on stage. By the time Tsio Habte put in an appearance as the new Eve - Phoebe - in the final scene, we knew all about Eve and her ilk.     There is something deeply satisfying about enjoying such outstanding performances within a few miles of home and my writing partner and I are booked in for all the screenings this season.     Next week, we're set for The RSC's As You...

I, like most people my age, grew up knowing little about Copenhagen apart from what Danny Kaye showed in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. This weekend has been an education.     Four days in Denmark’s capital has been a joy, not least because of the wall to wall sunshine. Apparently, it’s been raining in the UK.     I’ve toured museums and art galleries, eaten in local restaurants and met some lovely people. I chose a more expensive hotel, so I could be right in the heart of the city, and it was worth every penny. Coming and going through the day was made a pleasure, with the Skt Petri’s staff and facilities always providing whatever I needed.     While the UK continues to shamble towards the disaster that is Brexit (in case you weren’t clear where I stand on that whole issue), the Danes seem mildly amused by our chaos.     If anything, this weekend reinforced my view that we’re better as part of Europe. We always will be, in my humbl...