ASH Smyth
Bio
ASH Smyth has written about music and the arts for The Oxford Times, The First Post, The Spectator, Music Teacher, Early Music Today, whatsonstage.com, Guernica, Stop Smiling, and the Sri Lankan Sunday Times. He is the co-author (with Richard Suart) of They'd None of 'Em Be Missed, a potted history of WS Gilbert's "Little List".
Articles By ASH Smyth
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Hewitt, Clein, Aurora Orchestra, Ward, Kings Place review –...
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Nalini Singh: A Madness of Sunshine review – a lacklustre th...
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Sema Kaygusuz: Every Fire You Tend review – an education in...
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Blu-ray: A Fistful of Dynamite
A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time in America are Sergio Leone’s films with the most explicit political underpinning....