alexandra coghlan
Bio
Alexandra is the classical music critic of the New Statesman, and has written on arts for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Prospect, Gramophone, Opera Now, The Oxford Times and The Monthly. She was formerly Performing Arts Editor at Time Out, Sydney. She writes about classical music, theatre and film for theartsdesk.
Articles By Alexandra Coghlan
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Keeping Faith, Series 2, BBC One review - family misfortunes
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Josh Ritter, Union Chapel review - strong songs and a boyish...
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Il Segreto di Susanna/Iolanta, Opera Holland Park review - s...
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Prom 3, CBeebies: A Musical Trip to the Moon review - a cele...
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Helen Schjerfbeck, Royal Academy review - watchful absences...
Light creeps under the church door. Entering as a slice of burning white, it softens and blues into the stone interior, seeming to make the walls...
Lights, Camera, Malta!, BBC Concert Orchestra, Malta review...
With sapphire blue waters, year-round sun and architecture that spans centuries and cultures, it’s little wonder that Malta is a favourite...
Prom 2, Bell, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Hrůša review – Boh...
Eighty years ago this summer, Neville Chamberlain’s indifference to the peoples of Czechoslovakia – “a quarrel in a far away country between...