James Rampton

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James writes on television and comedy for the Daily Telegraph, Independent, The Times and The Scotsman.

Articles By James Rampton

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Contrary to popular belief, not all music journalists get off on being snide about the same old easy-to-slate bands. When something like this...

Some operas shine in the vasts of the Albert Hall, others seem to creep back into their beautiful shells. Glyndebourne’s Carmen blazed,...

It has to be hoped that Stuart Staples’ songs for Tindersticks aren’t a reflection of his actual life experiences. No-one really deserves that...

The Mad Hatter gets it about right when he tells Alice: “You’re entirely bonkers… but all the best people are.” Kate Prince takes this line and...

Later this autumn Richard Eyre’s La Traviata celebrates its 30^th birthday. Not bad going for the director’s first ever foray...

A woman sits at her computer. She copy-pastes an address into a search engine. She goes to street view. She zooms in. Click. Opens...

Like the BBC’s documentary series The Yorkshire Ripper Files before it, the French six-part drama Sambre on...

Sometimes love never dies and the dead never rot. A lot of water has flowed down the River Styx since...

Once regarded as highly as Kurosawa and Ozu, Japanese director Mikio Naruse’s star has fallen in recent decades, with few of his films readily...

Blame the high cost of city housing, or killer smog. What else can explain a bright young couple’s move from 1970s...