REVIEW: GOOD @ ROYAL EXCHANGE
Copy: The Stage, 18/10/2011 >>Nice to see the Royal Exchange in Manchester beginning to try out new directors rather than sticking with the tried and trusted. Polly Findlay says in the programme notes that CP […]
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BEASTIE BOYS FOR HALL OF FAME
The Booker eh? So yesterday. The next ridiculous prize to get het up about is the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Fame. Still, like Julian Barnes’ Booker win, there’s actually an act on the shortlist […]
THE MAN WHO CHANGED MUSIC?
As a former editor of MP3 Magazine (yes, it did exist) it felt right to muse on Steve Jobs’ death in The National. If the iPod had come out a year earlier, perhaps we might […]
AMY WINEHOUSE’S TIMELESS DESIGNS
As Noel Gallagher’s album is released – and widely expected to do better than his brother’s – I wonder whether Liam is better off concentrating on his clothes shops. I went in Pretty Green in […]
WORDS SPEAK LOUDER THAN ACTIONS
Anne Hathaway was widely criticised for her Yorkshire accent in the film One Day, (although it wasn’t so bad in the end). But why do filmmakers insist on getting US actors to attempt British accents? That’s […]