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Album review / 10 December 2025
10 December 2025

SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible

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Exhibition review / 24 October 2025
24 October 2025

SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US

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Album reviews / 13 October 2025
13 October 2025

New releases from Max Richter, Julius Asal, and Jean-Michel Jarre  

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Album reviews / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

Reviews of re-releases from The Sex Pistols, A Certain Ratio, and The Fall

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Music / 1 July 2025
1 July 2025

This is a concert of ambition and courage by organist and improviser Wayne Marshall, says SIMON DUFF

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Album Review / 2 June 2025
2 June 2025

SIMON DUFF recommends an outstanding album of choral works that range from the 12th century to the present day

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Album reviews / 21 May 2025
21 May 2025

New releases from Nazar, Peter Gregson and Mesias Maiguashca

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Album Review / 12 May 2025
12 May 2025

SIMON DUFF recommends a new album from renowned composer and oud player Anour Brahem.

Culture / 13 April 2025
13 April 2025
New releases from Nazar, Peter Gregson and Mesias Maiguashca
Ai Wei Wei, Wheatfield With Crows, 2024
Exhibition Review / 28 February 2025
28 February 2025
SIMON DUFF explores the latest offering of the Chinese artist in exile AI WEI WEI    
IMMERSIVE: The Ligeti Quartet play Terry Riley at Kings Plac
Live Music Review / 12 February 2025
12 February 2025
SIMON DUFF immerses himself in the Kings Place D&B soundscape to relish a contemporary string quartet
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Roadburn Festival, Netherlands,
Album Reviews / 11 December 2024
11 December 2024
SIMON DUFF applauds a highly important album from a band who relate their music directly to the war in Gaza