Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
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Neil Hannon at the Barbican aided by an orchestra and some very fine musicians
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The Divine Comedy
Barbican, London
“MAYBE it’s tonight. Maybe tomorrow night, next week, next month, next year / We’ve only time to fear”
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