GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
DIY earworms from Denitto
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
Jennifer Denitto
Trustfall
(Mole in the Ground Records)
TRUSTFALL proves again that the DIY scene can produce records that don't have to cost a fortune to sound good.
Jennifer Denitto's album, recorded on a handheld four-track over the last year after her daughter had been put to bed, is a classic example.
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