Barney Harsent
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Writer, editor, and author of Music Top 10s (Bounty), Barney is a music and television fanatic. He also hosts a radio show on boxfrequency.fm, and is a surprisingly capable barman.
Articles By Barney Harsent
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Moses und Aron, Komische Oper Berlin, OperaVision review – c...
Barrie Kosky’s production of Moses und Aron was staged at the Komische Oper...
Theatre Unlocked 3: Signs of activity after a long siesta
After a weeklong hiatus due to an absence of noteworthy material, this column is back heralding the return, as well, of something resembling live...
An American Pickle review - sweet and sour screwball comedy
Seth Rogen offers up double the laughs by taking on both lead roles in a time-hopping, Rip-Van-Winkle screwball...
The Deceived, Channel 5 review - who's fooling who?
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again, except somebody had renamed it The House at Knockdara. This was the title of the first...
Young Ahmed review - jihadist drama misses the mark
Belgian filmmaking duo the Dardenne Brothers have long been darlings of Cannes Film Festival, winning awards for hardhitting...
Album: Conrad Schnitzler & Frank Bretschneider - Con-Str...
When does the avant-garde become folk? Both of the...
Little Birds, Sky Atlantic review - decadence and intrigue i...
Diarist, novelist and writer of erotica Anaïs Nin lived a brilliantly-...
Hiromi Kawakami: People From My Neighbourhood review - deft...
Deft and funny prose, in a feather-light translation by Ted Goossen, is the signature of...
New Music Unlocked 4: The Streets, heavy metal, punk rock an...
This week would have been peak summer event antics but not in 2020. However, the game is far from up; the punks and the metallers are making a...
The Talk, Channel 4 review - coping with the legacy of racis...
Shall we talk about racism? Currently we seem to be...