On my radar: Martin Parr’s cultural highlights

Adolescence

I’m a particular fan of films and TV shows that are shot in one take, because I know how difficult that must be. Adolescence is a terrific example. How they managed to get everything into place for each episode, I just do not know. And the single take makes it feel all the more realistic. It’s about a teenager who murders a girl from his school and it looks at how his family and the community around him reacts to the crime. Owen Cooper’s performance as the boy is quite amazing. It’s no surprise that it became such a talking point.

Hart’s Bakery, Bristol

This is a great place directly under Temple Meads station that I go to frequently, usually on my way from home to the foundation. They have wonderful pastries and coffees, and they even know me by name now, which is nice. My immediate concern in the morning is getting a pain au raisin before they sell out. Sometimes I take a quiche with me for lunchtime. They’re closed on Mondays, which is a bit annoying, but they’re perfectly entitled to have a break. It’s a fantastic bakery.

Traverse theatre, Edinburgh

We’ve been going to the Edinburgh festival for the past 10 to 15 years, and the first thing we always do is book plays at the Traverse – maybe three or four – and just hope that we’ve caught the right ones. But they have consistently good work there; you never really leave disappointed. The production and the sets are always absolutely brilliant. I like the fact that you can go to the theatre at 10am and see great work. The show that we particularly enjoyed there this year was Lost Lear.

Mik Artistik

Mik Artistik is a musician I’ve been watching for maybe 20 years now. I remember being in a food queue at the Port Eliot literature festival and saying to Susie, my partner: “I’ll just go over and see if this guy’s any good.” I came back immediately and said: “You have to come and watch.” He’s a great singer and he writes great songs, including Sweet Leaf of the North, which is his anthem. He has a big following now and everybody knows the songs and sings along. He’s a musical genius. I don’t know why he’s not playing stadiums.

Jordan Brookes

I’m a big fan of comedy and I’ve seen Jordan Brookes many times. He’s very surreal, very physical, very unpredictable. And very funny, even though he doesn’t really tell jokes. The last time I saw him he was doing a Titanic opera [Fontanelle]. This year, for his Edinburgh show, he went back to performing in a bare room, in front of a black curtain, with no shoes on, just doing his thing. He can go off on the tangent at any moment and you never know what’s going to happen. I’d like to see him do the same show twice, just to see how much of it, if any, is similar.

Photographs by Fabrizio Spucches, Netflix, Hart’s Bakery, Ste Murray, Casey Orr, Comedy Crate