Boyd Tonkin
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Reissue CDs Weekly: R.E.M.
In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 was issued by Warner Bros. in October 2003. Hitting shops in time for Xmas, it...
Franco Zeffirelli: 'I had this feeling that I was speci...
"I am amazed to be still alive. Two hours of medieval torment.”...
Diego Maradona review - entertaining but skin-deep
There's something unsatisfying about the fact that Asif Kapadia's new...
Men in Black: International review - lacklustre sequel missi...
The best joke in Men in Black: International happens before the film starts, when the iconic Columbia Pictures lady in a toga whips out a...
Roger Wright on Oliver Knussen: ‘his challenge to us all to...
The composition course founded more than 25 years ago at Snape by composers Oliver Knussen and Colin Matthews is in full swing. The scene is the...
Francis Bacon: Couplings, Gagosian Gallery review - sex and...
Forthright and often disturbing, Francis Bacon’s...
Charlie Cunningham, Queen Elizabeth Hall review - Spanish gu...
In a post Ed Sheeran world, with a glut of acoustic singer-songwriters like Lewis Capaldi, Tom Walker or Odell, James Bay, Jack Savoretti ...
CD: Jane Weaver - Loops in the Secret Society
If contemplated without a context, Loops in the Secret Society initially appears to be a bold 68-minute, double-album fusion of Hawkwind’...