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by Adam SweetingMonday, 22 February 2010

Blue Lights Series 2, BBC One review - still our best cop show despite a slacker structure The engaging Belfast cops are less tightly focused this time around

DVD/Blu-Ray: Priscilla The disc extras smartly contextualise Sofia Coppola's eighth feature

Jonn Elledge: A History of the World in 47 Borders review - a view from the boundaries Enjoyable journey through the byways of how lines on maps have shaped the modern world

Sabine Devieilhe, Mathieu Pordoy, Wigmore Hall review - enchantment in Mozart and Strauss Leading French soprano shines beyond diva excess

Stephen review - a breathtakingly good first feature by a multi-media artist Melanie Manchot's debut is strikingly intelligent and compelling

Špaček, BBC Philharmonic, Bihlmaier, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - three flavours of Vienna Close attention, careful balancing, flowing phrasing and clear contrast

Banging Denmark, Finborough Theatre review - lively but confusing comedy of modern manners Superb cast deliver Van Badham's anti-incel barbs and feminist wit with gusto

Album: Fred Hersch - Silent, Listening A 'nocturnal' album - or is it just plain dark?

Music Reissues Weekly: Linda Smith - I So Liked Spring, Nothing Else Matters The reappearance of two obscure - and great - albums by the American musical auteur

London Tide, National Theatre review - haunting moody river blues New play-with-songs version of Dickens’s 'Our Mutual Friend' is a panoramic Victori-noir