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GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Brexit menu might not be to everyone's taste
Turnips for breakfast, lunch and dinner could be on the cards
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
THERE you go. British holidaymakers banned from EU after January 1 due to Covid restrictions. And lots of lovely red tape waiting after the pandemic’s over. Now that’s what I call taking back control. We’ll show ‘em!
As for my sector, well, we DIY musicians can forget about gigs — vastly too much cost and red tape, though of course Roger “the EU is just a mafia, we toured before we joined and we will again after” Daltrey with his vast wealth, Nightliners and army of bureaucrats will be OK.
Classical musicians? Make sure your instruments don’t contain any protected species, even 300-year old ones and let’s hope you play for a big orchestra, or you’re in the same position as us.
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