Perhaps it was the thought of “Blue Monday”, which fell a week ago, that stimulated the choice of Lili Boulanger’s D’un soir triste as the opening piece of this concert. Certainly there can be few ...

After over 600 gigs, London based brother-and-sister duo The Molotovs have finally released their debut album. It’s fair to say that for a band so aligned with punk, Wasted On Youth is much more of a ...

Any conductor undertaking a journey through Mahler's symphonies - and Vladimir Jurowski's with the London Philharmonic ...

Last time we heard from Blackburn heavy rockers Sky Valley Mistress, they were a four-piece who'd recorded their 2020 debut ...

Following the 2010 release of The Fallen By Watch Bird, Jane Weaver has gone on to issue a further four conventional albums – ...

This year the Royal Court is 70 years old. Yes, it’s that long since this premiere new writing venue staged its opening ...

Scottie Fitzgerald, the sole offspring of F Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda, swigs from a hip flask where she shouldn’t (she ...

If modern and post-modern dance has a reputation for being earnest, then this latest curation of British and American pieces ...

In the long slide from its imperial economic might, it’s hard to make a case for finding a place for “The UK” and ...

It was a pleasure to see conductor Duncan Ward back in Manchester. His Hallé debut was by no means his first time in the city ...

Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab caused an international outcry at last year's Venice film festival – a fact that ...

On a motorcycle, you have to slow down once you get that sinking feeling that there’s an accident on the road up ahead. Even ...