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Nov 10, 2025
There should be no second acts in the lives of rock bands. The first act invariably ends in deflation and recrimination. The second act is premeditated where the first was...
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Oct 30, 2025
“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,” Caliban tells Stephano and Trinculo in The Tempest. As Britain’s public morals and political conduct...
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Sep 22, 2025
The second Spinal Tap rockumentary is a waste of your money if you buy a ticket, and a waste of your time if you see it for free. This dispiriting and dismal comedy of tribute will...
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Aug 18, 2025
LONDON—On the cusp of a new technology, the old impersonates the coming form. The "mash-up"—the digital overlay of disparate musical elements—became technically...
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Jul 21, 2025
LONDON — The war on free speech is about to violate the most sacred recesses of British life—not the home or the workplace, but the pub.
On the night of Wednesday, July...
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Jun 30, 2025
Ian Leslie’s John & Paul is that rarity, a book about music that is well-written and worth reading. This is because Ian Leslie is not a music writer. He is a...
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Jun 9, 2025
LONDON—Iggy Pop hobbles to the side of the stage at the Alexandra Palace, rocks back and forth on his shorter right leg like a high jumper who left his pole in the changing...
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Apr 30, 2025
In February 2022, when Russia launched its second invasion of Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia blessed the invading forces as “the active manifestation of...
Nov 10, 2025There should be no second acts in the lives of rock bands. The first act invariably ends in deflation and recrimination. The second act is premeditated where the first was...
Oct 30, 2025“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,” Caliban tells Stephano and Trinculo in The Tempest. As Britain’s public morals and political conduct...
Sep 22, 2025The second Spinal Tap rockumentary is a waste of your money if you buy a ticket, and a waste of your time if you see it for free. This dispiriting and dismal comedy of tribute will...
Aug 18, 2025LONDON—On the cusp of a new technology, the old impersonates the coming form. The "mash-up"—the digital overlay of disparate musical elements—became technically...
Jul 21, 2025LONDON — The war on free speech is about to violate the most sacred recesses of British life—not the home or the workplace, but the pub. On the night of Wednesday, July...
Jun 30, 2025Ian Leslie’s John & Paul is that rarity, a book about music that is well-written and worth reading. This is because Ian Leslie is not a music writer. He is a...
Jun 9, 2025LONDON—Iggy Pop hobbles to the side of the stage at the Alexandra Palace, rocks back and forth on his shorter right leg like a high jumper who left his pole in the changing...
Apr 30, 2025In February 2022, when Russia launched its second invasion of Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia blessed the invading forces as “the active manifestation of...