Richard Bratby
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CD: Sleeper - The Modern Age
While Oasis have so far resisted the temptation of the big pay-off that a Gallagher family reunion would ensure, plenty of other...
The Bay, ITV review - Broadchurch goes north
In the 1970s, the Mancunian stand-up Colin Crompton had a famous routine about Morecambe. He characterised Morecambe as “a sort of cemetery with...
The Bay at Nice, Menier Chocolate Factory review - David Har...
David Hare knows a thing or two about sustaining an...
Bach St John Passion, Les Arts Florissants, Christie, Barbic...
William Christie kicked off Passion season in London this year with a particularly sombre reading of the...
Shetland, Series 5 Finale, BBC One review - Sicario-on-Sea?
Thing is, a lot of this unpleasantness could have been avoided if DI...
The Rubenstein Kiss, Southwark Playhouse review - slick spy...
It's an ideal time to revive James Phillips's debut The Rubenstein Kiss. Since it won the John Whiting Award for...
CD: Shy FX - Raggamuffin SoundTape
Everything about this mixtape oozes confidence. It crams 12 tracks plus interludes – all produced by Andre “Shy FX” Williams ...
Schiff, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, RFH review –...
Standing next to the warm brown beast of a piano built by...
Only Human: Martin Parr, National Portrait Gallery review -...
The Magnum photographer Martin Parr has spent decades...