sat 07/06/2025

Owen Richards

Articles By Owen Richards

Kathy Burke's All Woman, Channel 4 review - warts and all

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Keeping Faith, Episode 4 Series 2, BBC One review - murders aplenty

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Liam Gallagher, Valletta, Malta review - underperformed but rapturously received

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Lights, Camera, Malta!, BBC Concert Orchestra, Malta review – a spectacular celebration of film history

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CD: The Flaming Lips – King’s Mouth

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Armstrong review - the man behind the leap

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Public Service Broadcasting, Caerphilly Castle review - rising to the occasion

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Stranger Things 3, Netflix review - bigger, dumber, better

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The Killers, Cardiff Castle review - The Man arrives

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Mari review - bittersweet drama with flair

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CD: Mark Ronson - Late Night Feelings

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Dirty God review - an important piece of filmmaking

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Freedom Fields review - Libya’s next freedom fighters

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Cardiff Castle review - wonder within castle walls

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Oh Sees, Tramshed, Cardiff review - breakneck wig outs

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Better Oblivion Community Center, Shepherd's Bush Empire review - a winning combination

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