Album reviews: Paul Weller, Barry Manilow, Close Talker and more
AS THE title suggests, Weller’s 13th solo album finds the Modfather in mellow and thoughtful mood. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Album reviews: Blondie, John Moreland, Diana Krull and more
WORKING with a host of co-writers and collaborators from Johnny Marr to Charli XCX, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein have pulled off a neat and highly energetic updating of the Blondie sound without losing any of its More...
Book reviews: Centaur, The Gamekeeper and more
HORSE racing and gamekeeping stir up animal passions. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Album reviews: Father John Misty, Imelda May, Mike & The Mechanics and more
RAISED in an evangelical Christian household and educated at a Pentecostal messianic Jewish school, Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty, was never going to be a very orthodox songwriter. But the depth and complexity More...
Time lines: Historical fiction – Book reviews
TURN back the clock for enthralling historical fiction. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Album reviews: Dave Davies and Russ Davies, Aimee Mann and more
FORMER member of The Kinks, younger brother of Sir Ray and, as anyone who has seen the play Sunny Afternoon can attest, by far the liveliest member of the family, Dave Davies is rock’s original madcap guitarist. Daily More...
Equal writes and the best new women fiction: Book reviews
IN March 2015, journalist Catherine Mayer attended an event at the Women of the World festival where the panellists were politicians Stella Creasy, Jo Swinson and Margot James. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Refugees, footballer outsider and the best memoirs: Book reviews
FLEEING refugees and a football outsider. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Beauty and the Beast 2017 REVIEWS: Emma Watson splits critics in Disney remake
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is still two weeks away from release but the first wave of reviews have emerged. What’s the verdict? Daily Express :: Films Feed More...
Album reviews: Ed Sheeran’s Divide and Laura Marling’s Semper Femina
ED SHEERAN does the toughest thing in pop music disarmingly well: he writes and performs songs which are rooted, winningly, in smalltown, everyday life but which strike a universal chord. Daily Express :: Music More...