WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Best of 2019: London Theatre
VERY BEST: "Master Harold"... and the Boys
[Helen Maybanks] 
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
THE YEAR began with a flurry of Arthur Miller productions which left his canon feeling surprisingly dated.
A sprinkling of stardust with Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke could not fully re-energise the Young Vic’s Death of a Salesmen and the sense of anarchy in Jay Miller’s production of The Crucible at The Yard was more enigmatic than eerie.
The West End transfer of The Price packed the biggest punch of the impromptu season, with David Suchet's star turn as Jewish furniture dealer Gregory Solomon resurrecting Miller’s piercing critique of consumerist society.
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