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Nobody Rides the Unicorn: theatre review

Nobody Rides the Unicorn: theatre review

It was amazing how much expression an apparently expressionless puppet can achieve when well manipulated - fear, excitement, sadness, euphoria all in small movements of hands and head.
Titus Andronicus: theatre review

Titus Andronicus: theatre review

Titus Andronicus was an absolute joy for anyone who likes their Shakespeare shaken up, electro-shocked à la Frankenstein – something rather beautiful and terrible jolted into vivid life.
Ripon Cathedral's lunchtime concerts: Josephine Peach - music review

Ripon Cathedral's lunchtime concerts: Josephine Peach - music review

“There’s one thing you must tell him – let him explore.” Josephine Peach’s advice to me for my 7 year old son, about to start his first piano lessons.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Review

Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Review

Nothing staid or restrained about this 'gallery' - it is all touch and running and sunshine.
Gordon Baldwin - Objects for a Landscape - art and workshop review

Gordon Baldwin - Objects for a Landscape - art and workshop review

Called ‘Clouds made of Clay’, the workshop was responding to one of Baldwin’s particular inspirations, cloud formations.
Clare Woods - The Unquiet Head

Clare Woods - The Unquiet Head

Two things struck me: the sheer scale of the paintings, and their glorious physicality, in the boldness of colour and glossy liquidity of the surfaces.
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