Matthew Wright
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Gigs ed and TV writer. Author of Seasick Steve: Ramblin' Man (June 2016, John Blake Books), the first book-length study of the true story behind the acclaimed hobo-bluesman.
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Ridley Road, BBC One review - Jewish community fights Nazi n...
Neo-Nazis held a Trafalgar Square rally under the banner "Free Britain from Jewish Control" in the year of my birth; I had no idea until I watched...
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Lyric Hammersmith review - matc...
“You can’t kick a cow in Leenane without some bastard holding a grudge for 20 years,” sighs Pato Dooley (Adam Best) prophetically...
Bernstein Double Bill, Opera North review - fractured relati...
Leonard Bernstein’s one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti enjoyed a relatively trouble-free gestation, at least compared to his other stage...
Clements Prize, Conway Hall review - newly-written string tr...
The Conway Hall in London has hosted chamber music concerts since it was built in 1929, and for 40 years this included a composition prize, in...
Album: Young Thug - Punk
From underground curiosity to cult icon, now label head and superstar, Atlanta’s Young Thug has continued to reinvent himself, as well as...
Music Reissues Weekly: Fire - Father's Name Is Dad, Flo...
Between August 1966 and November 1967, The Syn played 36...
Blu-ray: La Dolce Vita
One of those films weighed down by a considerable reputation, La Dolce Vita (1960) is rarely taken as seriously as it should be. From the...
The Dante Project, Royal Ballet review - a towering achievem...
Unless you happen to be a student of Italian language or culture, the significance of the 14th-century...
The Cherry Orchard, Windsor Theatre Royal review - Tolstoy m...
The cherry orchard in Anton Chekhov’s eponymous play is a...
