Angolan Civil War makes powerful subject matter
Play at the new Park Theatre is breathtaking, says Blaise Verhasselt
AMS album of the week: The Albatross
Foxing released an EP last year called Old Songs. I did not care for it.
Embarrassments or Riches?
Riaz Agahi examines a few new(ish) releases
Dealing Conversation a Falco-n Punch
Stuart Masson talks to Future Of The left guitarist ‘Falco’
British Museum strikes gold with Beyond El Dorado
What: Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold In Ancient Columbia Where: The British Museum, WC1 When: Until 23rd March 2014 Price: £7 students, £9 adults
AMS album of the week: Reflektor
Despite it being over ten years since AF first burnt music onto a CD to hand out at a small local gig in their Montreal neighbourhood, they are still teenagers – full of fire, angst, beauty and surprising lyricism.
1,500 masterpieces looted by the Nazis found in Munich
Around one billion euros worth of art has been discovered in the home of an 80 year old man in Munich.
Paul Klee made visible at Tate
Making visible: what an unimaginative name for an art exhibition! – This was my first thought, but the Paul Klee exhibition in the Tate Modern surprisingly deserves that name. Through a collection of pictures it conveys a lot more than “just” art...
NHM’s wildlife photography never gets old
Now in its 49th year, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition has recently returned to its original habitat the Natural History Museum. It showcases 100 photographs of the world around us that most will hardly ever get an actual glimpse of.
Lou Reed’s Life
In 1956 a boy named Lewis Allen Reed was marched into a New York county psychiatric hospital by his parents and given electric shock therapy to ‘cure’ his bisexual instincts.
London Underground’s Greatest Poster Designs
What: Tube150 – 150th Anniversary of the London Underground Where: The London Transport Museum, WC2 When: Until 5th Jan 2014 Price: £11.50 students, £15 adults, for unlimited admission in 12 months
Jake Bugg: The Bugg Brand
Simran Sansoy watches Jake Bugg’s sold out show at the O2