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Our Little Lives: Shakespeare and Me at Almeida Theatre
"Now is tha winta of our discontent". Historians say Russell Brand’s Essex accent is closer to how Shakespeare…
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The Importance of Being Earnest
In using The Importance of Being Earnest as a conduit for a second play on the importance of…
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Album
Black Country, New Road – For the First Time
Black Country, New Road’s first two singles, Sunglasses and Athens, France, prompted sensational reviews from major names in…
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Album
Frank Turner and Jon Snodgrass – Buddies II: Still Buddies
Ten years ago Frank Turner and Jon Snodgrass released Buddies – a single day’s collaboration that became a…
By Daniel McLeod
Live music
Pete Doherty and Carl Barât at Hackney Empire
The historic Hackney Empire, with its lush crimson velour and ornate wooden finishings, is sold out for the…
By Daniel McLeod
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Spirit at the Puppet Theatre Barge
In the south-west suburban town of Richmond, nestled along the banks of the meandering Thames, is a very…
By Daniel McLeod
Live music
Eels at Hammersmith Apollo
When Eels formed in California in 1995, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark "E" Everett was in his early 30s,…
By Daniel McLeod
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Alice in Canning Town at Arc in the Park
Set in a sprawling inclusive adventure playground in London’s East End, Alice in Canning Town is the fourth…
By Daniel McLeod
Live music
Laville at Omeara
It’s Friday night and down the road from London Bridge the crowd lurks in Omeara, awaiting soul’s arrival.…
By Daniel McLeod
Live music
The Good, the Band and the Queen: Damon Albarn’s supergroup return with an epochal album on contemporary Britain
Via the river terrace, a mid-summer breeze blows into the Somerset House courtyard. It swirls with organ music…
By Daniel McLeod