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Christmas DVD shopping? Perfect ways to pick a winner – 397 to be exact
Samiat Pedro makes sure you’re always one step ahead. Paul Simpson's new Movie Lists, 397 Ways To Pick A DVD…
OPERA REVIEW: Hänsel und Gretel, The Royal Opera
I do not see the problem with ‘family shows’ exploring the stories’ darker strands. What are fairytales for if they…
MUSIC REVIEW: Simon Rattle, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
It may seem a conflict of interests to denote historically authentic performance as groundbreaking and openminded, until you've been spun…
Publishing the credit crunch
Super Thursday, which saw the publication of 800 books on one day in the race to reach the Christmas top…
Freedom to Freelance: creative independence
In the creative industries, freelancing is far from rare, but before you take that first step, there’s a whole host…
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Lucha Libre London, Roundhouse
Following the classic story of Good v Evil, Lucha Libre’s masked wrestlers battled it out to win - not only…
THEATRE REVIEW: Hansel and Gretel, Catherine Wheels at Barbican
Catherine Wheels’ promenade production of Hansel and Gretel, currently at the Barbican, is anything but disappointing.
THEATRE REVIEW: Zero, Theatre Absolute
Zero is the story of one of hundreds of interrogation camps set up twenty years from now to extract information…
Christmas Exhibitions in the Highlands
I go to three churches before Christmas and they’re all within a few miles of each other, which is most…
Stop Me If You've Heard This
Jim Holt, author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This explains where jokes come from, whilst sharing a few of…