MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds Rosamund Pike’s punchy and tragic portrayal of a multi-tasking mother and high court judge
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Roy Ellis, 100 Club, London
Ska veteran shows that he can still whip an audience into shape
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
ROY ELLIS’S age is undisclosed but his undiminished talent is not.
Undiminished: Roy Ellis
With a voice unsullied by the years, the self-titled Mr Symarip — a singer and trombonist with the 1960s ska band of that name — is still going strong and at the 100 Club he entertains a loyal following eager to hear his old and new stuff.
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