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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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
The Refectory University of Leeds
AT THIS gig, Public Service Broadcasting deliver almost exactly what you’d expect and little more. Given their self-imposed limitations, it’s hard to imagine how they could offer anything else.
Splicing vintage public information films with electronics and guitars, the South London duo hit upon a winning formula on 2013 debut Inform-Educate-Entertain.
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