JOE GILL speaks to the Palestinian students in Gaza whose testimony is collected in a remarkable anthology
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MARY CONWAY delights in a rarely performed comedy that recalls a Britain we remember in our bones
JEAN ROBERTS appreciates the way traditional panto can be remodelled into critique of the academy schools system
MARY CONWAY is riveted by a superbly crafted glimpse into the soul of a cast-off US star
MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
Brian Fallon
Local Honey
(Lesser Known Records/Thirty Tigers)
★★★★
HAVING blazed an increasingly popular punk-rock trail as lead singer and songwriter with The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon’s first two solo outings were still very much big, chiming rock records, though edging towards a more mature sound.
Local Honey marks a shift in the Jersey Boy’s career. This is music made for introspective late-night listening, swayed along by acoustic guitar, piano, brushed drums and subtle electronic effects.
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