Category: Queen Edith’s Places

Almost all of Syd Barrett’s life was spent here in Queen Edith’s, from his childhood on Hills Road to his long retirement in St Margaret’s Square. It would have been hard to make a film about him without showing a lot of the locality, and the film-makers didn’t disappoint. We saw half a dozen local houses and buildings, even – rather curiously – The Rock pub. Looking around at the audience, I wondered how many of them had a connection to Barrett?

Earlier in the year, a decision was made to completely refurbish the back and front of this Queen Edith’s institution. To everyone’s delight, the Taj Tandoori has now finally reopened. I went to try it out as soon as I could.

The Light’s new Screen 9 opened at exactly the right time for the one film this year which simply demands to be seen on a big, high-quality IMAX screen: Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. Here’s my experience.