Mandy Patinkin on Stephen Sondheim: “I got to be in the room with Shakespeare. Who gets that?”
The actor reflects on the death of the great American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
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Why the break-up of the Beatles still grips us
Even in 1969, Lennon and McCartney were still capable of making each other laugh and creatively turning each other on.
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Brexit Britain is “changing whether it likes it or not”
The National Theatre’s Death of England explores Englishness after Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Zadie Smith’s stage debut is a filthy, feminist reworking of Chaucer
In The Wife of Willesden, the acclaimed novelist of voices has at last let her characters speak aloud.
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Thanks to Adele, Spotify will no longer shuffle albums by default. Music fans should be grateful
This may seem like a small technical tweak, but it may be a crucial victory in the battle for the…
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Why Red is the definitive Taylor Swift album
Critiqued as not “sonically cohesive”, Swift's fourth album is unruly, uneven, chaotic – and contains much of her greatest songwriting…
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Little Mix’s catchy feminist pop is as dynamic as ever, even without Jesy Nelson
On the four new songs that feature on Little Mix’s new greatest hits album, Nelson’s voice isn’t missed.
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Radiohead’s Kid A Mnesia is the natural soundtrack for an age of fear
Two decades on from their release, the twin albums feel more relevant than ever.
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