- 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 Big Bite-Size Late Breakfast
- 6 May 2014
Don’t miss this collection of ten-minute plays, beautifully acted and brilliantly produced. Nick Brice must...
JS Bach’s The Art of Fugue – Angela Hewitt
- 6 May 2014
The Art of Fugue is an acknowledged marathon, for both the performer and the audience....
Irvine Welsh
- 6 May 2014
The Old Market was packed full with fans of Irvine Welsh, famous in particular for...






