Two couples meet up for an apparently convivial meal, except that there’s a minefield under their feet. And when they trigger ...

Bengali pianist Zoe Rahman, because it evokes themes – voyage, migration and family – which resonate strongly with her. The composition was commissioned at short notice by the Hull Jazz Festival (as a ...

One sometimes finds oneself wondering whether Harlan Coben is an author or a set of AI procedures designed to manufacture ...

It was an awesome start, those three notes from the cellos even before the famous "Tristan" chord inspiring more deep emotion ...

It’s a big ask of an audience to watch a film which for most of its two hour running time, focuses just two actors, even when they are doing their best work. It’s impossible to fault Woody Norman, the ...

Fifty years since Benjamin Britten died, and his operas are still in repertory: half a dozen of them at least. It’s a tribute ...

Judging from her second album, young country singer Willow Avalon has kissed her fair share of frogs. She doesn’t let them ...

In 1939, the newspapers dubbed it the Hot Dog Summit. When King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth visited President Franklin Roosevelt, it was the first time a reigning monarch had visited a ...

Confessions II arrives amid a welter of promotional spectacle and global corporate partnerships. At heart, though, it’s Madonna retreating from projects stuck in development hell, and working through ...

Hot from its successful run at the Old Vic, Carrie Cracknell’s Olivier-nominated revival of Tom Stoppard’s 1993 masterpiece has made a particularly sweet landing in the West End. For opening night was ...

The “hiding in plain sight” technique has proved appallingly effective for a list of notorious sex offenders. When in doubt, get yourself a prominent slot on the BBC and hang out with royalty, and you ...

There was so much to be thankful for throughout the three days I spent at the Aldeburgh Festival this year. First, of course, ...