- 14 May 2025
No fuss, just a ripple of applause, a moment of calm, then fortissimo G octaves....
- 13 May 2025
It’s so lovely when talented youth teaches old ears wonderful new tunes. That’s exactly what...
- 10 May 2025
What nerve! For a happy troupe of mainly middle-aged men to adopt the label of...
- 10 May 2025
Anoushka Shanka’s curating of the Brighton Festival 2025 has divided opinion, whilst many of us...
- 8 May 2025
Five excellent musicians – that is three singers, one also playing a Vielle (an early...
Reviews
The Boy With Tape On His Face – More Tape
- 3 October 2012
With a fast-moving, frequent applause-inspiring, ache-from-laughing show, packed with props and musical punchlines, this silent...
John Peel Night
- 3 October 2012
Broadcaster John Peel was remembered tonight by some of the countless musicians and listeners his...
Great Expectations
- 3 October 2012
How do you take a tome like Great Expectation and decide what to keep and...






