- 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
SONGS OF THE BULBUL
- 17 May 2025
The evening opened with a narration, the story of the bulbul, or nightingale as we...
GARY BARLOW: SONGBOOK TOUR 2025
- 16 May 2025
Let’s start at the very beginning. In my thirty odd years of reviewing live entertainment...
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
- 15 May 2025
Over the years I have enjoyed so much of director and theatre maker Emma Rice’s...






