- 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
Mark Kermode: Hatchet Job
- 8 October 2013
Many of you may know Mr Kermode for his knowledgable and entertaining contributions to the...
Slaid Cleaves
- 8 October 2013
Self-proclaimed “relatively obscure” Maine man Cleaves has been championed by Whispering Bob Harris, and he...
Hänsel and Gretel
- 8 October 2013
Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera is a luscious delight, romantic and comic in equal measure – but...






