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Jewish Book Week
Jewish Book Week
Thursday, 04 February 2010
It's not every literary festival which unites around a single idea. Jewish Book Week is an exception. Not that every one of the 130 speakers who appear on the podium at the Royal National Hotel between 27 February and 7 March will necessarily be Jewish.
It's not every literary festival which unites around a single idea. Jewish Book Week is an exception. Not that every one of the 130 speakers who appear on the podium at the Royal National Hotel between 27 February and 7 March will necessarily be Jewish.
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Ridout, Włoszczowska, Crawford, Lai, Posner, Wigmore Hall review - electrifying teamwork
High-voltage Mozart and Schoenberg, blended Brahms, in a fascinating programme
Stephen review - a breathtakingly good first feature by a multi-media artist
Melanie Manchot's debut is strikingly intelligent and compelling
Album: Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
Tuareg rockers are on fiery form
Blue Lights Series 2, BBC One review - still our best cop show despite a slacker structure
The engaging Belfast cops are less tightly focused this time around
DVD/Blu-Ray: Priscilla
The disc extras smartly contextualise Sofia Coppola's eighth feature
Jonn Elledge: A History of the World in 47 Borders review - a view from the boundaries
Enjoyable journey through the byways of how lines on maps have shaped the modern world
Sabine Devieilhe, Mathieu Pordoy, Wigmore Hall review - enchantment in Mozart and Strauss
Leading French soprano shines beyond diva excess
Špaček, BBC Philharmonic, Bihlmaier, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - three flavours of Vienna
Close attention, careful balancing, flowing phrasing and clear contrast
Banging Denmark, Finborough Theatre review - lively but confusing comedy of modern manners
Superb cast deliver Van Badham's anti-incel barbs and feminist wit with gusto
Album: Fred Hersch - Silent, Listening
A 'nocturnal' album - or is it just plain dark?
Music Reissues Weekly: Linda Smith - I So Liked Spring, Nothing Else Matters
The reappearance of two obscure - and great - albums by the American musical auteur
London Tide, National Theatre review - haunting moody river blues
New play-with-songs version of Dickens’s 'Our Mutual Friend' is a panoramic Victori-noir
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