Katherine McLaughlin
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I Fagiolini, Hollingworth, Kings Place review - magnificent...
It was great to see Kings Place full on Saturday night for I Fagiolini’s take on the Monteverdi Vespers, added, rock’n’roll style, as an...
Music Reissues Weekly: Bowes Road Band - Back in the HCA
The acronym “HCA” in the title stands for Hornsey College of Art, the North London college which, in late May 1968, was occupied by its students...
PJ Harvey, Roundhouse, London review - incandescent perfecti...
London’s Roundhouse is a very special venue. For decades the circular shed, with its elegant ironwork supporting structures has hosted a wonderful...
James Blake, Alexandra Palace review - victory lap for Nort...
James Blake’s sold-out show at Ally Pally is his only UK stop this tour and it feels like a homecoming of sorts – while Blake now lives in Los...
Album: Ed Sheeran - Autumn Variations
Towering drums, seering and furious guitars, vocals that are powerful and often throat-scorching;...
Close-Up: The Twiggy Musical, Menier Chocolate Factory revie...
The Biba dresses are way too colourful, the shop’s interior about 10 times too bright… and did anybody really say ”happening threads”...
The Creator review - bold, beautiful, flawed sci-fi epic
It has been seven years since Gareth Edwards directed, for me, the best of the new generation of Star Wars films, Rogue One. Having made...
Falstaff, Opera North review - going green and having fun
There’s a charmingly retro feel to Opera North’s new Falstaff, which comes from it being done as part of their new “...
The Old Oak review - a searing ode to solidarity
Ken Loach has occasionally invested his realist TV dramas and movies with moments of magical realism – football inspiring them in The Golden...