- 1 April 2022
With spring in full bloom the season of festivals is about to start. Over in...
- 31 March 2022
Bess Atwell’s 2021 album ‘Already, Always’ packs the softest punch. Appearing on the horizon in...
- 28 March 2022
Local entrepreneur Steve Barrey has his fingers in many pies and one of the tastiest...
- 25 March 2022
Ben Solomon’s 2003 album ‘Torrington Haze’ is, in some ways, aptly named. It evokes the...
- 22 March 2022
Can there be art about Auschwitz? Of the 1.3 million people sent to the concentration...
Reviews
BPO – Bach St Matthew Passion – BFC, Robert Howarth (conductor)
- 20 February 2023
This is how it used to be done – not in Bach’s day but in...
Hey Duggee
- 8 February 2023
I often leave theatres in despair at the fact that young people seem not to...
The Shawshank Redemption
- 24 January 2023
When a play is based on a film that has become iconic and that film...






