EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Ghosthunters (PG)
Directed by Tobi Baumann
3/5
A YOUNG boy teams up with a professional ghost hunter and a slimy green ghost to rid his home town of an evil ancient ice ghost in this spooky European co-production.
Based on the bestselling book series by German kids’ author Cornelia Funke, whose Inkheart trilogy failed to spawn a film franchise in 2008, it stars Milo Parker (Robot Overlords, Mr Holmes) as the fearful Tom who finds himself befriending Hugo (Bastian Pastewka), a green apparition he uncovers in his cellar.
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