What new light can the age-old legend of Faust selling his soul to the devil shed on colonialism in Africa, slavery, the rape ...

The long, hot summer of 2025 has been something else, right? Hate rallies, creeping authoritarianism, a weird reluctance to ...

Pianist Bruce Liu wasn’t the only star soloist last night, though he certainly had the most notes to play. Attention was riveted by at least five Philharmonia members and their maverick principal ...

But Imprints is an assured, confident creation, one whose form rewardingly mirrors its themes, and whose storyline – once finally uncovered – is genuinely touching. Amid the take-a-gamble ...

At first, I had my doubts about Puccini’s Suor Angelica in this concert performance at the Proms with Sir Antonio Pappano and ...

Deftones’ Private Music arrives as the band’s long-awaited tenth studio album, carrying with it the weight of expectation built from nearly three decades of powerful records. Known for mixing ...

Right from the bracing brass fanfare that began this Sea Symphony, you know exactly where you were: right in the midst of the ...

What would TV screenwriters do without drugs? In Flight, created by Mike Walden and Adam Randall, is yet another drama ...

There’s a Proms paradox that’s familiar to Early Music fans. Some works are too challenging – too big, too expensive, too ...

"Crazy comedy" was a recognised subgenre in post-war Czech cinema. Turn to this disc’s bonus features first and watch Michael ...

Cat Cohen, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★★In Broad Strokes Cat Cohen paints a fascinating picture of events leading up to the ...