GORDON PARSONS is bowled over by a skilfully stripped down and powerfully relevant production of Hamlet
Contemporary classical album reviews with Simon Duff: September 30, 2024
New releases from The The, Memo Comma and Anna Gourari/Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
In which we accompany the Bard into Cymru to meet his musical accomplices, young and old
SUE TURNER is inspired by the example of a librarian’s struggle to confront the book-banning movement
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
The The
Ensoulment
(Cineola/ear MUSIC)
★★★★★
THE first album in a quarter of a century from Matt Johnson’s The The is full of political and philosophical concerns.
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