Unforgettable duet: Charli XCX (right) with Christine and the Queens
GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
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
POP princess Charli XCX delivers stupendously catchy tunes for the “woke” generation.
Her Halloween set, which did not have any references to the Brexit delay, had an angels and demons theme with many an adoring fan donning the fancy dress of either-or.
New releases from Kennedy Administration, Melanie Pain, and Afton Wolfe
New releases from Toby Hay, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars
New releases from Mountain, Soul Asylum and Michael McDermott
