MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds Rosamund Pike’s punchy and tragic portrayal of a multi-tasking mother and high court judge
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Lau, Kings Place London
Lau are taking folk music on a thrillingly innovative journey
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FIONA O CONNOR recommends an unflinching depiction of child sexual abuse and its aftershocks, set in a working-class Liverpool family
New releases from Paul Weller, Wet Leg, and Dino Saluzzi
PAUL DONOVAN relishes the spectacle of a 1950s detective in pursuit of a 500-year-old murder mystery
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
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
NOT many folk bands employ dry ice on stage. But then, Lau are not like many folk bands.
On this night, they ventured more into the realms of psychedelic prog rock than anything from the traditional canon, although their fascinating doodlings and experiments were always firmly rooted in that milieu.
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