Matilda Battersby

Bio

Matilda has worked at The Independent online since 2009 and is also a regular contributor to Viewpoint magazine. She writes about art, theatre and new music.

Articles By Matilda Battersby

CD: Duotone - Ropes Sunday, 08 January 2012 Read more...	2011: The Arts Brought to Book Monday, 02 January 2012 Read more...
CD: Slow Moving Millie - Renditions Saturday, 10 December 2011 Read more...	Kate Rusby, Barbican Hall Saturday, 03 December 2011 Read more...
Hanson, IndigO2 Wednesday, 30 November 2011 Read more...	The Specials, Alexandra Palace Friday, 04 November 2011 Read more...
CD: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Saturday, 15 October 2011 Read more...	CD: Feist - Metals Saturday, 01 October 2011 Read more...
Adele, Hammersmith Apollo Tuesday, 20 September 2011 Read more...	CD: Jackie Oates - Saturnine Tuesday, 30 August 2011 Read more...
CD: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic Sunday, 21 August 2011 Read more...	Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall Monday, 01 August 2011 Read more...
Portishead, Alexandra Palace Sunday, 24 July 2011 Read more...	CD: Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest Sunday, 26 June 2011 Read more...
Kings of Leon, Hyde Park Wednesday, 22 June 2011 Read more...	CD: Take That - Progressed Sunday, 12 June 2011 Read more...

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The opening images of Tornado are striking. A wild-haired young woman in Japanese peasant garb runs for her life through a barren forest...

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Lollipop review - a family torn apart

On leaving prison, Lollipop’s thirtyish single mum Molly discovers that reclaiming her kids from social care is akin to doing lengths in...

Rachel Jones: Gated Canyons, Dulwich Picture Gallery review...

I first came across Rachel Jones in 2021 at the Hayward Gallery’s painting show Mixing it Up: Painting Today. I was blown away by the...

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Swiss electro-rockers, Young Gods have been around for 40 years, but this in no way should suggest that they’ve gone soft in their old age. These...

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review - persuading us that the...

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The King of Pangea, King's Head Theatre review - grief...

There’s an old theatre joke. “The electric chair is too good for a monster like that. They should send him out of town with a new...

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When I was writing the introduction to my book, Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Soundsystem Culture, I came up with a phrase, which...

Yoshitomo Nara, Hayward Gallery review - sickeningly cute ki...

It’s been a long time since an exhibition made me feel physically sick. The Hayward Gallery is currently hosting a retrospective of the...