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Peter Mason
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Music Review / 28 July 2026
28 July 2026

PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument

Yussef
Music Review / 22 June 2026
22 June 2026

PETER MASON thrills to the sound of south London-born Yussef Dayes, and the galaxy of musicians drawn into his orbit

busby
Book Review / 9 April 2026
9 April 2026

PETER MASON welcomes collected writings from Britain’s first black female publisher that focus on the place of black writers in literature

dracula
Theatre review / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

PETER MASON is disappointed that the eponymous Count fails to put in an appearance

Tempest
Theatre Review / 24 February 2026
24 February 2026

PETER MASON relishes a quirky and highly entertaining take on Shakespeare’s tragicomedy

spy who
Theatre Review / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026

PETER MASON applauds a stage version of Le Carre’s novel that questions what ordinary people have to gain from high-level governmental spying

UK subs
Books / 23 December 2025
23 December 2025

PETER MASON is entertained by the autobiography of Charlie Harper, one of punk’s most enduring figures

windrush
Books / 19 November 2025
19 November 2025

PETER MASON is beguiled by a fascinating account of the importance of cricket to immigrants from the Caribbean to the UK

peek
Books / 18 November 2025
18 November 2025

PETER MASON is gripped by a novel that confronts corporate callousness with those prepared to act to bring about change

monarchs
Book Review / 4 November 2025
4 November 2025

PETER MASON is tickled by a new book and exhibition that mine the rotten anachronism of the monarchy for laughs

pickney
Theatre Review / 29 October 2025
29 October 2025

PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son

haar
Music Review / 27 October 2025
27 October 2025

PETER MASON thrills to Irish folk band The Haar