CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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Star critics cherry-pick some of the best on offer in the weeks to come
TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
New releases from Javon Jackson, IZE Trio, and Mal Waldron Trio
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
KESWICK MUSIC
Fellside at 40
Theatre by the Lake
Lake Road
February 6-7
The iconic folk label Fellside celebrates its 40th year with this celebration of folk and roots music, hosted by Mike Harding. There’s a stunning line-up of artists who’ve recorded with the label, including Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith, Ewan McLennan, Wendy Weatherby (pictured), Fiona Cuthill and Stevie Lawrence, Pete Morton, Bram Taylor, Joe Topping, Greg Russell and The Hut People. Highly recommended.
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Mario Cravo Neto: A Serene Expectation of Light + Maud Sulter: Syrcas
Autograph ABP Gallery
Rivington Place, EC2
Until April 2
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SIMON PARSONS applauds an artist who rescues and rehumanises stories of women, the victims of violence, from a feminist perspective