Josh Spero
Bio
Josh is the editor of Spear's magazine. He has written for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, the Economist and the National Theatre. He is a regular guest on CNBC and has been interviewed on the BBC World Service and other TV and radio channels.
Articles By Josh Spero
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Carnac, BCMG, Kemp, Music@Malling Festival - lyrical Turnage...
Is there any composer alive who writes more luminously...
Kero Kero Bonito, Heaven review - euphoric bubblegum
Here comes the bride. True to Kero Kero Bonito’s unique musical and visual style, a chaotic but masterfully executed fusion of Japanese kawaii...
10 Questions for writer Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Anyone familiar with psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk’s bestseller The Body Keeps the Score (2014) will recognise the ghost of his...
Shining City, Theatre Royal Stratford East review - occasion...
When Brendan Coyle, playing a modestly magnetic widower and sales rep called John in this revival of...
Iestyn Davies, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Kings Place review...
Music in London has faced down plagues, puritans, philistines and planners over the four centuries spanned by the Aurora Orchestra’s season-opener...
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life review - a complex portrait of a...
It’s well worth tracking down one of the September 29 special cinema screenings of Ric...
The Midsummer Marriage, LPO, Gardner, RFH review – Tippett’s...
British opera’s attempted answer to The Magic Flute, and its presentation as the opening gambit of Edward Gardner’s eminent position as...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We...
Looking for answers to what qualifies an album for a makeover and its attendant return to record shop racks can cause heads to spin. Multiple...