LIVE REVIEW: Van Morrison gets Cheltenham Jazz Festival into its groove with rousing set
VAN MORRISON might be 73 years old, but his unmistakably soulful voice still resonates like a man in his prime. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story review – A rallying call for compassion
WHEN Christie Watson was a child, she wanted to be a marine biologist, imagining endless days swimming with dolphins in a sun-kissed location. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Mary and the Witch’s Flower review: A bewitching and magical animation
THE spirit of Hayao Miyazaki, founder of the renowned Studio Ghibli, infuses every frame of this bewitching, hand-drawn children’s animation by Japanese director Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Daily Express :: Films Feed More...
Fiction Picks: Review of Whistle In The Dark, Property and The Librarian
Lana Maddox goes missing for four days during a painting holiday in the Peak district intended to bring Lana and her mother Jen closer together. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
The Feather Thief book review: A captivating account of the natural history crime
KIRK WALLACE JOHNSON is an American veteran of the Iraq war whose career has taken an unexpected turn with The Feather Thief, his account of the “natural history crime of the century”. Daily Express :: Books More...
The Leisure Seeker review: Often obvious, but star power saves this poignant film
HELEN Mirren and Donald Sutherland gently rage against the dying of the light in The Leisure Seeker, a sentimental road movie that tugs vigorously at the heartstrings. Daily Express :: Films Feed More...
From A Low and Quiet Sea review: Donal Ryan’s latest novel is empathetic and angry
THE fourth novel from Donal Ryan, the award-winning author of The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December, explores heartache and loss in two starkly different settings: war-torn Syria and small-town Ireland. Daily More...
Never Greener review: Debut from Gavin and Stacey’s Ruth Jones is a raunchy bonkbuster
IT is 1985 and Kate Andrews is a 22-year-old aspiring actress, doing shifts in an Edinburgh pub to stay afloat financially. There she meets married teacher Callum MacGregor, 17 years her senior. Daily Express :: More...
REVIEW: This week’s best Rock & Metal releases from The Damned to Black Stone Cherry
THE BEST Rock & Metal albums this week include huge releases by The Damned, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Squire, Wishbone Ash and Anthrax. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
REVIEW: Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals by Jesse Armstrong
JESSE ARMSTRONG is the co-creator of Peep Show, the scabrous, brilliant TV sitcom that made glorious comedy out of the childishness of the average young male. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Kit De Waal’s The Trick to Time review: A sprawling narrative covering difficult subjects
MONA will soon turn 60. She lives alone by the sea and runs a shop selling beautiful handcrafted dolls. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
The Stranglers review: G-Live concert was their best yet
THE STRANGLERS were on fine form as they reminded the G-LIve crowd in their hometown of past glories and more recent triumphs. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Evanescence LIVE REVIEW: A bewitching and seductive show of symphonic Gothic rock
EVANESCENCE performed a magical show of career highlights and hardcore fan favourites. Accompanied by an orchestra, the symphonic subtleties breathed new life into their adored songs tonight at The Royal Festival More...
Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery review: fabulous characters with a sense of community
CATHY BRAMLEY excels in creating relatable, realistic and lovable characters. Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery tells the tale of Hetty and her husband Dan who have been together since they were teenagers. Daily Express More...
Def Leppard concert review: 40 years on, Leppard as wild as ever
“I PROMISE you this,” yelled Joe Elliott at the end of this extraordinary pageant of glossed-up heavy rock, “we won’t forget about you, if you don’t forget about us.” Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Unmasked: A Memoir book review: Memoir offers a glimpse into the man and the music
WHEN you are old, you fill blank days by doing pointless things such as writing biographies, writes Andrew Lloyd Webber early in his memoir. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
The Murder Gang review: A look at Fleet Street’s crime writers’ finest characters
NEIL ROOT is an established true crime historian with excellent books about how the tabloid press turned three evil serial killers into celebrities and the disappearance of chef Claudia Lawrence under his belt. Daily More...
REVIEW: This week’s best Rock & Metal releases from Procol Harum to Yes to Saxon
THE BEST Rock & Metal releases this week include huge releases by Procol Harum, Yes, Saxon, Ayreon, Kino and The Kris Barras Band. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Led Zeppelin – How The West Was Won review
RAZOR-SHARP, curiously funky in places and powered along by John Bonham’s apocalyptic drum fills – all thanks to guitarist Jimmy Page’s remastering skills. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Michael McDonald LIVE REVIEW: Hammersmith Apollo, London – ‘A legend’
MICHAEL MCDONALD delivers a silky smooth set of hits and new songs at The Hammersmith Apollo. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Tomb Raider review: A very forgettable reboot of a video game movie
WHY ARE they still making films based on video games? Has nobody learned from Kylie Minogue’s Street Fighter, Bob Hoskins’s Super Mario Bros or Michael Fassbender’s Assassin’s Creed? Daily Express :: Films More...
Bookworm review: Lucy Mangan looks back at the books that inspired a lifelong love
Revisit your childhood reads Lucy Mangan reflects on the books that nurtured her lifelong love of reading. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Stereophonics Leeds First Direct Arena REVIEW: A non-stop barrage of hits
BLUSTER and bombast have never been in the Stereophonics’ armour and in his dulcet Welsh tones Kelly Jones gently reminds the jam-packed crowd that “celebrity, fame and all that bull****” have never been More...
REVIEW: Top 5 Rock & Metal new albums of the week from Myles Kennedy to Jimi Hendrix
REVIEW: The Top 5 Rock & Metal albums this week include huge releases from Jimi Hendrix, Myles Kennedy, Nightwish, Rory Gallagher and The Moody Blues. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds album review: An emotional tidal wave
THE singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer of Father John Misty’s superb Pure Comedy album, Wilson says he wants his own music to “hit people like an emotional tidal wave”. Daily Express :: More...
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