Reviews

Alternative Escape: Under The Influence

Alternative Escape: Under The Influence

- 20 May 2013

This night, where like-minded musicians gather to play their own songs plus a cover of...

Great Escape: The Strypes

Great Escape: The Strypes

- 20 May 2013

The hype around this young Irish band led to a roadblock on New Road, with...

Great Escape: Catalan Sounds Showcase

Great Escape: Catalan Sounds Showcase

- 20 May 2013

Punk rock is alive and well and sunning itself in Catalonia it seems. The two...

Great Escape: Billy Bragg

Great Escape: Billy Bragg

- 20 May 2013

After several fruitless queueing efforts it was a relief to enter The Dome to hear...

Great Escape: Skip & Die

Great Escape: Skip & Die

- 20 May 2013

With two percussionists and a lead singer decked out in platform trainers and a ra-ra...

The Guardian Education Debate

The Guardian Education Debate

- 20 May 2013

Polly Toynbee, chaired a discussion between conservative politician Nick Gibb, the former Secretary of State...

Great Escape: John Grant

Great Escape: John Grant

- 20 May 2013

The story behind John Grant is for the better part why he’s suddenly come racing...

Nick Shaxson – Treasure Islands

Nick Shaxson – Treasure Islands

- 20 May 2013

Nick’s talk was horrifyingly blunt; I experienced a terrible dawning – I thought tax havens were...

Irving Finkel Gilgamesh

Irving Finkel Gilgamesh

- 20 May 2013

Irving Finkel, is an Assyriologist and curator of cuneiform inscriptions on ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets,...

Great Escape: Birth Of Joy

Great Escape: Birth Of Joy

- 20 May 2013

With many suffering from first night overindulgence, the darkness of the basement seemed to be...

Great Escape: Arcane Roots

Great Escape: Arcane Roots

- 20 May 2013

There has been a big buzz about this band and as people rushed into the...

Great Escape: Marmozets

Great Escape: Marmozets

- 20 May 2013

Having grown up together, Marmozets have the kind of onstage chemistry and flawless delivery it...