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There are three aspects of English National Opera’s most ambitious project to date in Manchester that demand attention.One is the work…

In a notable case of nominative determinism, the 2025 film about a kabuki star, Kokuho – meaning “national treasure” – became just that in…

The relationship between words and music is a long one — but not an exclusive one. Indeed, the idea of a chamber music festival with words…

The All-American Rejects are back with their first album in 14 years, and their first ever independent release. At the height of their…

First date, last dance: Emmylou Harris, possessor of one of country-rock’s most beautiful and evocative voices, opened the British leg of…

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Though set in a Czech village during the last months of World War 2, armed conflict is peripheral in Karel Kachyňa’s Long Live the Republic…

Books about The Beatles are apt to prompt questions on whether there is anything left to say about them. Depends who’s doing the saying. We…

Well beyond the muscle-flexing of the manosphere, there are men who wear their hearts on their sleeves, and show much deeper courage than…