2nd April 2015 After Super-Heroes, criminals are perhaps the most lionized subject matter on celluloid. Surviving day-to-day in a sea of danger and intrigue, often with only their wits and the odd glamorous gal for company they live fast and die… Continue Reading
30th March 2015 Do you believe in God? Apparently for 63% Britain’s population the answer to that question will be “No”. Upon being asked this question at the beginning of tonight’s performance, the lack of hands raised in… Continue Reading
28th March 2015 Judging by the fruitless appeals for spare tickets both on the internet and outside the venue before tonight’s sell out show, Melbourne singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett perhaps could’ve packed out a venue twice the size of… Continue Reading
Song: San Francisco Bay BluesArtist: Eric ClaptonYear: 1992 First written and recorded by American one man band Jesse Fuller in 1954, the infectiously catchy strum-along of ‘San Francisco Bay Blues’ made it a highlight of Eric Clapton’s much acclaimed contribution… Continue Reading
Song: In The CityArtist: The JamYear: 1977 Under a barrage of angry guitars and youthful call to arms lyrics, The Jam introduced themselves to the world with their 1977 debut ‘In The City’. Released when songwriter Paul Weller was still… Continue Reading
Song: PinballArtist: Brian ProtheroeYear: 1974 On a night out in Los Angeles with celebrity pals Noel Gallagher and Russell Brand sometime during the summer of 2013, Stephen Patrick Morrissey brought along his own compilation CD and asked the bar staff… Continue Reading
11 March 2015 Ahead of this year’s general election, Headlong, Rose Kingston and Sheffield Theatres have revived David Hare’s ‘The Absence of War’; a play that now seems like a prescient warning of the convergence of British politics’ two major… Continue Reading
6th March 2015 After its premiering by the RSC in early 2012, Helen Edmundson’s religious thriller ‘The Heresy of Love’ met with glowing reviews; ‘A tragedy worthy of Shakespeare’s stage’ among its most impressed plaudits. Now, under the direction of… Continue Reading