Elgar: Violin Concerto, Salut d’amour, Chanson de nuit, Sospiri etc Thomas Bowes (violin), Sinfonia Arcadiana/Nic Fallowfield ...

Running”, released in the autumn of 2024, is one of the most irresistible, over-the-top bangers of recent years. Its parent ...

Oscar Wilde, who knew a thing or two about this stuff, wrote that “We have really everything in common with America nowadays, ...

Just over thirty years ago, amidst the height of grunge and a renewed rock era in popular music, a band rose up in defiance ...

Mark’s father in Peeping Tom was a professor researching into the origins of fear and voyeurism: he tortures his son and films his reactions in silent black and white. We watch in horror as the father ...

Tonight there’s almost a full moon, and the sky is clear so this waxing gibbous orb inevitably makes me think of space, the planets and the universe. Well, a bit anyway. So I should be responsive to ...

This Hallé programme had two knights of the realm on its title page: Sir James MacMillan, composer, whose Symphony No. 6 was ...

It’s a quarter of a century since I reviewed the then unknown Benedict Cumberbatch in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Love’s Labours Lost, where he appeared as the King of Navarre.

Calculated fantasy: Sophie Okonedo and Dennis Haysbert in 'Undercover' Nick managed to save his marriage only by turning double agent and fully committing to the idea of self-sacrifice, with a ...

It’s a curious set of statistics for a band which issued seven singles and two albums, mostly on the high-profile label Virgin. In terms of ubiquity in record shops, as opposed to on stage, the peak ...

With the passing of Dave Ball last autumn, one of the 1980s’ great synth-pop outfits came to an end. He and Soft Cell partner ...