Nostalgic music

Does the music of my teenage years actually sound good? Was my taste just trash?

The Times They Are a-Changing

Is the Covid-inspired launch of digital streaming for arts venues a sign of a dawning, brave new world?

Eternity in the air

Nick chronicles his witness to the 640-year musical experiment at St. Burchardi Church, Germany. The first organ-chord change in 7 years took place September.

A not-so brief history of electronic music

Electronic aims to be a comprehensive history of dance music, from the creation of the first synthesisers, to acid houses, Boiler rooms, post-wall Berlin techno and everything in between.

Nauman evokes raw discomfort

Nauman, an American born in Indiana in the 40s, explores the human body, play, discomfort, life and death in different colours. Walking from room to room in the exhibition, feelings of unease are not uncommon.

Midsummer in Midwinter

Shakespeare’s classic tale has been updated, but in a way that I did not find particularly satisfying.

Cyrano de Bergerac: Love Letters to Language

Contrary to what John Milton said, prose may be king but verse isn’t dead

After the Collapse of Man Comes… Jellyfish?

Brief but powerful, this exhibition about climate change has the viewer glued all the way through.

Wolf of Wall Street - An Attempt at High-octane Fun Burns out Quickly

It’s immersive theatre with little to sell it but the immersion. Watch the film instead.

A Christmas Carol

3 stars This ‘musical play’ is an original adaptation of a well-known and loved novella, thanks to the fresh use of music and direction. The use of carol-singing and handbell performances to break up the well-known narrative play a role in creating a Christmassy and joyful environment on stage, but

The Wind of Heaven: From Bethlehem to Blestin

3.5 stars The greatest objection to God has always been emotional. While it is true that the debate over divine non-presence is clothed in the mild-breathed language of logicism and rationality, what stirs in us feeling enough to slacken faith and scorn perdition is the atrociousness of evil and

War Horse: A Year Later

Last year, I was lucky enough to watch War Horse at the National Theatre, its return to the original National Theatre venue a celebration of the centenary of Armistice Day.I loved it so much the first time that I grabbed a different friend the next evening and ended up