WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Pearls in a rock oyster
MIK SABIERS sees a dynamic duo in blistering form
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 Pearl Harts
Sebright Arms, London
DEEP in the bowels of a basement bar in London’s Bethnal Green the sound reverberates, shaking the building to its foundations.
It emanates from The Pearl Harts, two women playing their first-ever sell-out show promoting debut album Glitter and Spit.
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