MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Round-up 2016: Cassie Fox’s Loud Women
Star columnists run through what’s impressed them this year
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
2016 was an utter bell end of a year for many reasons and certainly not one in which to be anything other than a ruling-class white man.
Perhaps that’s why these last 12 months have seen a tsunami of unashamedly feminist music and I feel so lucky to have witnessed so many awesome female musicians take centre stage.
We kicked off the LOUD WOMEN calendar at the Silver Bullet in Finsbury Park — an independent venue famous for supporting emerging artists, now sadly closed.
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