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
Batman v Superman:
Dawn of Justice (12A)
Directed by Zack Snyder
4/5
ONE of a reviewer’s tougher jobs is explaining a film’s plot without giving away too much.
So let’s praise screenwriters David S Goyer and Chris Terrio for compressing two-and-a-half hours of action, thrills and superhero special effects into the title.
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