Tom Birchenough
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Run Sister Run, Arcola Theatre review - emphatic emotions, o...
Near the start of Chloë Moss’s latest play, Run...
First Person: country singer Tami Neilson on the superpower...
I was born Tamara Lee Neilson. I had an Uncle Kenny and an Aunt Dolly (who played guitar and banjo, respectively). I mean, did I really have a...
Album: Gwenno - Utopia
Stylistically, Utopia wears multiple faces. Opening cut “London 1757” drifts by like a twig floating upon an unhurried stream. Next, “...
Live Aid at 40: When Rock'n'Roll Took on the World...
“Bob’s not the kind of guy you can say no to,” said Sting, reminiscing about the origins of 1984’s Band Aid charity single “Do They Know It’s...
theartsdesk Q&A: actor Emma Mackey on 'Hot Milk...
Emma Mackey might have had her breakthrough role as a teenage tough cookie in Netflix's hit Series Sex Education (2019-20223), but there...
Blu-ray: A Hard Day's Night
Andrew Sarris, doyen of auteurist film critics, dubbed A Hard Day’s Night “the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals”. Wild over-...
Sabrina Carpenter, Hyde Park BST review - a sexy, sparkly, s...
Has Sabrina Carpenter officially conquered London? A year after bestie and fellow Disney alumni Taylor Swift declared the “Summer of Sabrina”...
Album: Olafur Arnalds and Talos - A Dawning
Silken ambience is the name of the game on this set from Icelandic composer-producer Olafur Arnalds and dreampop singer Talos, aka Eoin French,...
Music Reissues Weekly: Motörhead - The Manticore Tapes
Manticore was owned by Emerson, Lake and Palmer and their manager. The organisation provided the name for the band’s label. Apart from ELP and its...