- 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
Footloose
- 22 February 2022
A standing ovation, the audience on its feet, clapping and singing along. At the final...
BPO – The European Connection – Junyan Chen (piano), Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
- 14 February 2022
This programme was full of the promise of Spring. Mendelssohn, the perfect feel-good composer, countered...
Round the Horne
- 1 February 2022
What could be more comforting on a cold winter’s evening than a huge chunk of...






