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Natalie Shaw

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Natalie specialises in pop and urban music, often from unusual places. She also writes for the BBC and has written for a variety of publications on travel, finance, celebrity, the environment and law.

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Get Down Tonight, Charing Cross Theatre review - glitz and h...

In a fair few bars around the world tonight, bands will be playing “That’s The Way (I Like It)”, “Give It Up” and so many more of...

Nick Helm, Touring review - brash comic shows his vulnerable...

Comedy is strange old thing; it’s supposed to be funny ha-ha, but the laughs can often come from a dark place, as evidenced by Nick...

Slovenian avant-folk outfit Širom’s 'In the Wind of Nig...

The 16-minute album opener “Between the Fingers the Drops of Tomorrow's Dawn” coalesces at the 12-minute point, when clattering percussion meshes...

One Battle After Another review - Paul Thomas Anderson satir...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s frantic One Battle After Another is a storm warning for a fascist America and both a lament and a rallying call...

Black Rabbit, Netflix review - grime and punishment in New Y...

They say no good deed goes unpunished, so when New York restaurateur Jake...

Kerry James Marshall: The Histories, Royal Academy review -...

This must be the first time a black artist has been honoured with a retrospective that fills the main galleries of the...

First Person: Manchester Camerata's Head of Artistic Pl...

Over the past decade, Manchester Camerata has gained a reputation for continually innovating and redefining what an orchestra can do. But what...

The Hack, ITV review - plodding anatomy of twin UK scandals

The latest instalment of the ITV drama department’s attempts at trial by television is another anatomy of a scandal, but with little of...

Punch, Apollo Theatre review - powerful play about the stren...

For the first part of Punch it feels as if you’re riding a roller coaster, watching the world speed and loop past as you see it from the...