Steve O'Rourke
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Road to Brexit, BBC Two review - a rotten historian for a ro...
Let me be clear. The agonising process of the UK’s departure, or not, from the EU will be an infinite field of academic study over the decades to...
The Phlebotomist, Hampstead Theatre review - thought-provoki...
Contemporary British theatre loves time travel — and not just to the past. It also enjoys imagining the future, especially the bad stuff ahead. So...
Elizabeth I/Macbeth, English Touring Opera review - elegance...
A crash, a scurry, a long, lilting serenade – the overture to Rossini’s Elizabeth I sounds oddly familiar. Not to worry....
Mary's Babies, Jermyn Street Theatre review - rollercoa...
Obstetrician Dr Mary Barton had the best of intentions. As a missionary in India she had observed the poor treatment of childless women and, back...
Biss, Philharmonia, Boyd, RFH review – compulsive life-force
Mozart in E flat (the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro...
Soltani, LPO, Gardner, RFH review – disciplined and dynamic...
No successor has yet been named to Vladimir Jurowski as Principal Conductor of the...
World Metal Congress, Rich Mix, London review - celebration...
The stereotypical image of heavy metal music suggests...
The Life I Lead, Park Theatre review - pleasant enough but l...
I am deeply jealous of Miles Jupp's dressing gown in The Life I Lead,...
Victoria, Series 3, ITV review - can Her Maj cope with the A...
ITV has an enviable knack for creating populist historical...
My Baby, Castle & Falcon, Birmingham review – the Dutch/...
Balsall Heath’s Castle & Falcon is one of the newer live music venues in...