- 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
Mark Thomas – 100 Acts of Minor Dissent
- 28 March 2014
Stand-up-and-be-counted-comedian Mark Thomas’ new show reviewed his ambitious plan to commit 100 acts of dissent...
Anything Goes
- 28 March 2014
The great Cole Porter wrote these songs in 1934 and they still sound splendid today....
George Porter Jr
- 28 March 2014
The Meters’ bassist and singer hit town with his long-term band The Runnin’ Pardners –...






