Books Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot: The Great Mistake of Scottish Independence by John Lloyd

Forceful but flawed case against home rule for Scotland

Theatre Review The Sugar Syndrome, Orange Tree Theatre Richmond upon Thames

Edgy exploration of damaged relationships in the early days of the internet

Music Band of Burns, Union Chapel London

Rousing Burns Night celebration from ad hoc folk supergroup

Theatre A Taste of Honey, Trafalgar Studios London

Excellent revival of Shelagh Delaney's classic Salford drama

Live Music Lady Maisery, Kings Place London/Touring

HAVING recently teamed up with Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith to create Awake Arise, an album of winter songs, all-female trio Lady Maisery benef

Theatre A Kind of People, Royal Court Theatre London

Thought-provoking exploration of race and class issues in Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's new play

Year round-up Best of 2019: Theatre

PLAYING all nine characters in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the tiny Tara Theatre in London, Kudzanayi Chiwawa

Year round-up Best of 2019: Music

Pantomime You shall have a ball

PETER MASON recommends a witty update of Cinderella

Music Graham Parker, Union Chapel London/Touring

Acoustic set lacks essence of a great body of work