Les Arts Florissants
A Beggar’s Opera that beggars belief in Edinburgh
Robert Carsen’s new updating of The Beggar’s Opera is a coke-snorting, trash-talking, breakdancing, palm-greasing, skirt-hiking, rule-breaking affair — and every…
Sacred Monsters, Sadler’s Wells: Sylvie Guillem and Akram Kham’s captivating final boogie
I’m dashing between dance theatres at the moment and there’s just so much to tell you about. I could linger…
Forget the Germans. It’s the French who made classical music what it is
The poor French. When we think of classical music, we always think of the Germans. It’s understandable. Instinctive. Ingrained. But…
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people out of politics.’
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‘Must you do your make-up on the Tube?’
‘There’s a Novichokolate on the pillow.’
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‘Amazon would have delivered
your sermon a lot quicker.’
‘Don’t feed the Lib Dems – it
just encourages them.’
‘Hush, hush, lower your tone,Christopher Robin is checking his phone.’
‘There’s a 12.5 per cent surcharge for American tourists.’
‘We’ve just weaned her onto taking photos of solid food.’
