Sebastian Scotney
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The Undeclared War, Channel 4 review - how would the UK cope...
As the world lurches ever deeper into multiple manifestations of chaos,...
The White Card, Soho Theatre review - expelling the audience...
We’re in New York City, in an upscale loft...
Katya Adaui: Here Be Icebergs review - odd relations
The title of Katya Adaui’s debut collection in English is taken from one of the 12...
Joe Lycett, Eventim Apollo review - prankster goes long-form
Joe Lycett’s career was on an upward trajectory when he took on hosting duties on The Great British Sewing Bee, and the crafting show...
The Bobby Lees, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham review - rock’...
In a week when all kinds of people were going bonkers over an octogenarian playing songs from over 50 years ago to tens of thousands of people in...
Album: Imagine Dragons - Mercury - Act 2
“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” That’s the rule, right? Unless, of course, what happens is that you form a...
Glastonbury Festival 2022: an unexpurgated odyssey around th...
Last days of June 2022, I sit in my writing hut. My liver is radioactive jelly, my nose reinforced concrete, my leg muscles marathon-cramped, and...
Nitram review - chilling drama based on the Port Arthur gunm...
Nitram, Australian director Justin Kurzel’s deeply disturbing film about the man responsible for the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania in...
Man vs Bee, Netflix review - or should it be Bee vs Bean?
Rowan Atkinson’s strange little comedy (written by Will Davies) is the story of Trevor Bingley, a rather pitiable late-middle-aged man who finds a...
Così fan tutte, Royal Opera review - vibrant youth and vocal...
Irish soprano Jennifer Davis, a stunning Elsa in this Royal Opera season's revival of Wagner’s Lohengrin, was the lure to sit through Jan...