After perdition, salvation – with the Royal Albert Hall in the unlikely role of redeemer. Last winter, the much-garlanded French period…

In its first two series, Vigil investigated a mysterious death on a nuclear submarine and took a deep dive into drone warfare. This time…

I am often attracted to certain composers based on their uncompromising nature. Beethoven, Schumann and Boulez, for instance, fascinate me…

There are few more joyful sights in classical music than violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja diving into a performance, impishly whimsical,…

The death of country star Dolly Parton has been a shock that reverberated worldwide. Not the fact that it happened: she was 80 and in ill…

Dublin born and London based, Eva Rothschild makes unapologetically urban sculpture. Its geometric forms and patterns are conveyed in thick…

Ruth Newton’s The Carrier asks a simple question: if you could offload your negative emotions (grief, heartbreak, jealousy), would you? The…

Since their reappearance in 2012 they’ve been called Dexys but for their seventh and, possibly, final album, they return to the name of…

Jazz Dari Angkasapuri and Tiga Trombone are two albums dedicated to giants of Malaysian jazz. The first collects compositions by Johari…

Chris Cantrill is one half of the delightfully mad sketch duo The Delightful Sausage alongside Amy Gledhill, who have rather set up camp in…