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James wrote (1999-2010) for the Financial Times, The Economist and Dance Europe, mainly from Berlin. His books include a biography of Jorge Luis Borges, a study of Rio's music through the life and work of Chico Buarque, and an account of the marriage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He's now a writer back in England.

Articles By James Woodall

Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock, BBC Four review - the early dawn of Britpop

Saturday, 13 April 2019 Read more...

The Beatles: Made on Merseyside, BBC Four review - when the Fab Four were five

Saturday, 30 March 2019 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: Theatre Producer Elyse Dodgson

Friday, 26 October 2018 Read more...

Titus Andronicus, RSC, Barbican review - blood will out

Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Read more...

Coriolanus, Barbican review - great, late Shakespeare compels but doesn't stun

Monday, 13 November 2017 Read more...

The Tempest, Barbican Theatre review - sound and fury at the expense of sense

Friday, 07 July 2017 Read more...

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! review - without a little help from their friends

Tuesday, 23 May 2017 Read more...

Shakespeare Trilogy, Donmar at King's Cross

Thursday, 24 November 2016 Read more...

10 Questions for Director Lucy Bailey

Wednesday, 26 October 2016 Read more...

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Tuesday, 06 September 2016 Read more...

The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach, BBC Four

Tuesday, 02 August 2016 Read more...

theartsdesk at the Holland Festival

Sunday, 19 June 2016 Read more...

George Martin (1926-2016), record producer and 'fifth Beatle'

Wednesday, 09 March 2016 Read more...

Rio+Film, Barbican

Monday, 28 September 2015 Read more...

Hot August Night: The Beatles at Shea Stadium

Saturday, 15 August 2015 Read more...

The Story of The Beatles' Last Song

Thursday, 01 January 2015 Read more...

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