EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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Marxist notes on Music: April 18, 2023
BEN LUNN pleads for a more visionary agenda than simply resisting cuts
William Morris aged 53; The Manifesto of the Socialist League, 1884
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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
DECISIONS have been made, things are in transit again, and on the outside, it looks like major victories have been won for musicians in Britain.
On April 13, following the pausing of the closure of the BBC Singers, it was announced the BBC is changing its forced cuts to the English BBC Orchestras.
This coincided with an announcement from English National Opera (ENO) which has secured £24 million from the Arts Council England (ACE), with the vision of potentially moving ENO to far flung regions — like Croydon.
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