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It’s a big ask of an audience to watch a film which for most of its two hour running time, focuses just two actors, even when they are…
Springwood, Hampstead Theatre review - international politics revealed as a gentle comedy of manners
In 1939, the newspapers dubbed it the Hot Dog Summit. When King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth visited President Franklin Roosevelt…
How to Live on Planet Earth should be compulsory viewing in every classroom, boardroom, town hall and government office on the globe.…
Hot from its successful run at the Old Vic, Carrie Cracknell’s Olivier-nominated revival of Tom Stoppard’s 1993 masterpiece has made a…
It was an awesome start, those three notes from the cellos even before Wagner's famous "Tristan" chord inspiring more deep emotion than the…
A couple of years ago, on a drive through the picture book hills and lakes of Connemara, my pal (his car, his driving, his choice) played a…
If, like me, you’re not a dedicated jazz listener, sometimes when you dip back in even the most straightforward playing can take your…
“Guys, don’t grow old gracefully… it wouldn’t suit you,” The Who’s Pete Townshend told the Rolling Stones at their induction to the Rock n…
When it was last staged at the Royal Opera 34 years ago, 33-year-old Bellini's swansong felt like a baggy monster barely justified by some…