Jessica Payn

Articles By Jessica Payn

Sunday, 11 August 2019 Read more...

It was a lovely summer’s day in southern England, much as it was in County Sligo. I was with my parents, driving to visit a very elderly relative...

It was a Disney theme-park of Russian music, and in an entirely good way: none of the usual rides, but plenty of heroes and villains, sad spirits...

To celebrate the 60th birthday of Sir James MacMillan, the...

Justin Sullivan, the last remaining original member of Bradford post-...

The trend-hopping taste-makers who run British literary publishing have lately decided that “working-class” writing merits a small dole of their...

Returning to Edinburgh International Festival, Berlin's Komische Oper brought Barrie Kosky’s sumptuous production of Eugene Onegin to the...

Diamond Head was Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera’s first solo album. Released in May...

There could be no greater gift to any festival director...

Foo Fighters are an unlikely candidate for one of the biggest bands in the world. There’s nothing workmanlike about...

There it gleamed, the pearl in the massive oyster of...