Jack Barron
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First Person: Michael Volpe on the utopian thinking behind h...
“But what’s in it for you?” It was a simple enough question, asked by an accomplished opera singer. It stemmed from hearing that the new version...
Better Call Saul, Season 6 Finale, Netflix review - end of t...
It was the end of an era, as Vince Gilligan and Peter...
Prom 42, Lisiecki, BBC Scottish SO, Dausgaard review - conce...
Sibelius or Nielsen symphonies? Last night, with the Finn’s Seventh in the first half and the Dane’s “Inextinguishable” (No. 4) in the second,...
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: Joseph Parsons / Njambi McGra...
Joseph Parsons, The Mash House ★★...
My Old School review - a Glasgow schoolboy and his elaborate...
Back in 1995, the name Brandon Lee made the headlines. Not the Brandon Lee as in son of Bruce, who’d recently met his death on the set of ...
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: Ode to Joy / Wilf
Ode to Joy (How Gordon Got to Go to the Nasty Pig Party), Summerhall ★★...
Album: Demi Lovato - Holy Fvck
Demi Lovato doesn’t do things by halves. She has one of the most powerful voices around, as suited to the yang of punchy hard rock as it is to the...
theartsdesk at the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2022 - a safe spa...
Essay-writing can be a great art, at least when executed by Hubert Butler of Kilkenny, on a par - whether you know his writing or not, and you...
The Trials, Donmar Warehouse review - chillingly compelling
Dystopian theatre takes many forms – but this is the first which is a jury-room drama. Dawn King has previously explored the...
Mingus Dynasty, Ronnie Scott's review - official keeper...
Very good things have come to pass as a result the Mingus Centennial in April this year. A light has been shone not just on the...