by Music Editor | Feb 28, 2018 | Awards, Books, Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Uncategorized, Visual Arts
by hello_27687r2a | Feb 23, 2018 | Film
(or, Can You Smell His Sweat?): Mark E Smith, 1957-2018 by Neil Young Among the bylines I’ve accumulated in my career as a critic, the one of which I’ll always be most proud is the issue of Slovenian film-journal KINO!, published in April 2008. On the... 
by Music Editor | Feb 20, 2018 | Music
Fairy bad | by Tom Sutcliffe | English National Opera has had mixed experience with Gilbert & Sullivan – apart from Jonathan Miller’s never-fading Mikado brilliantly (and very distinctively) designed by Stefanos Lazaridis. Who now remembers Ken Russell’s... 
by Music Editor | Feb 15, 2018 | Music
By Tom Sutcliffe | Who is to blame for the less than wonderful launch of Opera North’s latest Verdi? – the marvellous Un ballo in maschera, with its unconsummated central love affair, superstition and violent politics. Richard Farnes is widely accepted as a... 
by Clare Finn | Feb 14, 2018 | Visual Arts
There is an enchanted place in the V&A, a place where wonder is being created. From the moment you even look for information on the website and find your cursor has become a swarm of honey bees, the Victoria & Albert’s Winnie-the-Pooh: exploring a classic is... 