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
Jack Reacher: Never
Go Back (12A)
Directed by Edward Zwick
4/5
THE SEQUEL strikes back, with Tom Cruise returning as celebrated drifter and former US army military police officer-turned-avenger Jack Reacher.
Co-writer/director Edward Zwick’s muscular one-damn-thing-after-another screenplay, based on thriller writer Lee Child’s series, taut direction and Cruise — named three times in the opening credits — ensure a dynamic action-thriller.
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