- 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
Russell Brand – Messiah Complex
- 21 October 2013
Part genuine stand-up routine, part pulling ritual, Brand opened the show by prancing around the...
Terry Alderton
- 21 October 2013
He’s a bit mad. That could be the review, perhaps qualified with ‘in a good...
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
- 18 October 2013
When two greats collude they can compliment, they can call each other out to step...






