WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Aruba Red, St Pancras Old Church London
Soulful set with the accent on transformation and healing
SENSING THE SPIRITUAL: Aruba Red
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JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
IN THIS intimate, part-candlelit venue, there’s a subtle smell of incense, flickering shadows and the sense of a new spiritual awakening.
St Pancras Old Church is usually home to a congregation but tonight singer Aruba Red is in residence as she takes to the small stage to showcase songs from her latest EP Shadow Work.
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