GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
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2021 arts round-up with LYNNE WALSH
From a legendary folk singer to a visceral new play and a stunning sculptor
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
AT THIS time last year, there seemed a lot less on our arts horizon, but who knew it would be a time that delivered some memorable moments?
From a legendary folk singer, to a sculptor with a stunning legacy —Isamu Noguchi at the Barbican until 23 Jan 2022 — an artist to fall in love with, and a visceral new play, featuring an actress who burned up the stage, The Girl Who Was Very Good at Lying at the Omnibus Theatre.
A highlight (for me, as well as the Morning Star) was interviewing Peggy Seeger. Spending an hour or more with this passionate, principled, funny woman lit up my Zoom-world.
Her new album, First Farewell, came out in April, her 24th solo album in an unbroken 68-year career.
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