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Album: The Waeve - The Waeve
The debut album from Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur's Graham Coxon mingles the vital with the wafting
tv

Passion, intrigue and heartbreak behind the front lines

Fascinating documentary explores the triumphs and tragedies of motor racing
film

A chilling post-Soviet folk horror allegory set in bleak midwinter

Three bleak but spectacular post-war classics, in gleaming new transfers

The director's early life examined with understated, almost unconscious need
new music

The debut album from Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur's Graham Coxon mingles the vital with the wafting

The Irish singer-songwriter delves into the natural world for her magical new album

At an uncertain time, the former Go-Between takes stock
classical

Brahms illuminated, Byrd rather more obliquely showcased
A curate's-egg turn from the Icelandic pianist in Schumann followed by magisterial Elgar

Maybe not perfect, but when things worked, they worked beautifully
opera

Though Arts Council England has partly reinstated English National Opera's grant, its cuts still have devastating consequences for the regions

Composer Brian Irvine, director/designer Netia Jones and top performers mesmerise

The celebrated novel is brought to the stage by a young composer with ambition
theatre

West End transfer for Sam Steiner’s fringe classic does the play no favours

Sonali Bhattacharyya’s coming-of-age drama returns with a new cast

Shakespeare's tragedy as a tight thriller, with its racist elements fully exposed
dance

The other Cunningham stakes out their territory in contemporary dance, and the non-binary debate

The corps de ballet take the laurels in Derek Deane's dependably fine production
comedy

How a Jewish standup found the funny side of a roomful of white nationalists
Books

The poet discusses her new book, mayflies, motherhood, and memory

At last, the translation of volume three in the Estonian master's great historical trilogy
visual arts

Nan Goldin's fight against the makers of Oxycontin is as gutsy as her work

The refurbishment of New York's Hispanic Society provides a unique opportunity to see its treasures
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