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Weeknd’s world
There was something vaguely disappointing about seeing Abel Tesfaye appear on stage at London’s Electric Ballroom. A wide-eyed, puffa-jacket-clad figure…
Weeknd’s world
There was something vaguely disappointing about seeing Abel Tesfaye appear on stage at London’s Electric Ballroom. A wide-eyed, puffa-jacket-clad figure…
Country Rose, take me home
Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose. I’d feel awkward admitting that I’m rather obsessed with this Nashville chanteuse, were it…
Country Rose, take me home
Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose. I’d feel awkward admitting that I’m rather obsessed with this Nashville chanteuse, were it…
Sculpture trail
William Turnbull died last year. And if his name is not as familiar as those of his friends Giacometti and…
Sculpture trail
William Turnbull died last year. And if his name is not as familiar as those of his friends Giacometti and…
Lights fantastic
A room filled with glowing fog; shadowy figures among glittering LEDs and warm ‘breathing’ columns of light. Welcome to the…
Lights fantastic
A room filled with glowing fog; shadowy figures among glittering LEDs and warm ‘breathing’ columns of light. Welcome to the…
The man behind Eric and Ernie
It takes a special sort of talent to turn a good act into a great one, and without John Ammonds,…
The man behind Eric and Ernie
It takes a special sort of talent to turn a good act into a great one, and without John Ammonds,…
Filming the unfilmable
Whenever the possibility of a film version of a difficult or complex book is mooted, speculation mounts about how it…
Filming the unfilmable
Whenever the possibility of a film version of a difficult or complex book is mooted, speculation mounts about how it…
The cult horror of The Room
The Room is an awful film. Plot lines are picked up and forgotten in seconds, stock footage is repeated continuously,…
The cult horror of The Room
The Room is an awful film. Plot lines are picked up and forgotten in seconds, stock footage is repeated continuously,…
Sound and vision
Quite what it was that was so spellbinding about a quartet of middle-aged German blokes in skintight bodysuits standing at…
Sound and vision
Quite what it was that was so spellbinding about a quartet of middle-aged German blokes in skintight bodysuits standing at…
Hall of mirrors
At first glance, Holy Motors is all about one astonishing performance — or several, depending on how you look at…
Hall of mirrors
At first glance, Holy Motors is all about one astonishing performance — or several, depending on how you look at…
Time Travel
Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory, until 9 March) lets you escape the winter cold to a showbiz party…
Time Travel
Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory, until 9 March) lets you escape the winter cold to a showbiz party…
The shock of the old
New Yorker music critic Alex Ross published The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century five years ago, earning…
The shock of the old
New Yorker music critic Alex Ross published The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century five years ago, earning…
The making of a myth
When John Kelly was transported from Tipperary to Tasmania in 1841, for stealing pigs, he couldn’t have imagined that 170…
The making of a myth
When John Kelly was transported from Tipperary to Tasmania in 1841, for stealing pigs, he couldn’t have imagined that 170…
Insomniac’s heaven
If I wake up at too rude an hour to get up — before four o’clock, let’s say — Through…
