The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Blue Trail, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Colours of Time, Glenrothan

CHRIS SEARLE on Mike Westbrook who died aged 90

STEVE JOHNSON speaks to JIM MORAY about an album that marks 25 years since his first

DENNIS BROE observes how cutbacks, mergers and AI create content detached from both reality and history itself

SAHAR MARANLOU explores a novella, newly translated and republished in English that tells the history of Iran through women’s bodies

DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the revival of a joyous production that deals with choirs, competitions and communism