David Kettle
Articles By David Kettle
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DVD/Blu-ray: Iceman
Much has been made of Iceman’s characters speaking the ancient Rhaetic dialect, unsubtitled, but that’s never a problem:...
Poet in da Corner, Royal Court review - mind-blowing energy...
There was once a time when grime music was very angry, and very threatening, but that seems a long time ago now. Today, Dizzee Rascal is less a...
Queen of the World, ITV review - born to run and run
Awesome numbers: over a million miles, the equivalent of 42 times around the globe, have been traversed by Her Majesty...
Das Rheingold, Royal Opera review - high drama and dark come...
Keith Warner’s production of Wagner's Der Ring des...
Turner Prize 2018, Tate Britain review - a shortlist dominat...
I’ve just spent four hours in the Turner Prize...
Bodyguard, BBC One, series finale review - gripping entertai...
And breathe. Bodyguard – not, as even some careless BBC broadcasters keep calling it, "The Bodyguard" – careered to a conclusion as if...
Lammermuir Festival 2018 review - a bigger buzz
There’s always been something of a buzz in the air at East Lothian’s Lammermuir...
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne review - muc...
Heir to one of this country's great textile manufacturing firms, Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947) – highly original in his then unfashionable...
CD: Rod Stewart - Blood Red Roses
Rod Stewart continues to hit the spot: he never fails to deliver well-crafted music that draws from the wide range of styles that he clearly loves...