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Ripeness is sometimes all. 80-year-old Martin Sherman's recent play, receiving its UK premiere at canny Park Theatre, says more about gay history...

The arc of Daniil Trifonov’s reputation has soared and then, to some ears, stalled in a familiar modern way....

Against the grimmest of backdrops, generosity and even grace can be possible. That's the eternally uplifting message of Come From Away,...

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Back in 2017, The Foo Fighters did a surprise pre-Glastonbury gig at Frome’s Cheese & Grain, a rather soulless shed near the equally soulless...

As journalists and critics were enjoying the unseasonably balmy weather in...

Lyrics such as “are we hunting for life among misery, Satan have pity on my long distress” and “we’re on a ship of fools, sails laughing and...

It’s 1945 and World War Two is nearly over....

It seems an almost indecent luxury to have heard two top mezzos...