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THere’s a throwaway line in 2012’s The Avengers, after a character dies, where his partner is mentioned. “There was a photographer, I think,” remembers Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark. It’s a place of passage between punch-and-talk. Because even when a…

The only mentioned the wind in the British Isles, Helm is a north-easterly gale that blows under the Cross Fell mountains in the Pennines and is known for its unusual cloud formations. Helm is known to remove roofs, grass, trees…

Sarah Kane was widely criticized for the graphic violence in his games during his lifetime. But critics beware: if you choose to criticize the playwrights for allowing too much blood and human cruelty, you should also criticize the Greeks, the…

Met is rare for a video game to feature corporate events as an important theme, but it does happen. There’s the dark Dockworker’s Union at Disco Elysium and the Orbital Workers Union in Tacoma going into space; then there’s Lynx,…

It’s fair to say that if Shaboozey hadn’t released another single, his place in history would have been assured. He wasn’t the only black country-leaning artist to come to the masses with the guests who appeared on Beyoncé’s 2024 album…

In 2014, the Aurora Orchestra performed something that had never been done at the Proms before. We played Mozart’s 40th symphony – what happened, most of the time – but from memory. It was terrifying. Orchestras usually start taking out…

Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus may have done more to sell champagne than any other operetta. A good production, however, also requires a lot of fizz, but the bubbles start to rise very late in the afternoon at Opera Holland Park’s…

Yyou can talk about composition, flow and direction all day, but when Elgar gets it right you just hear it. The Great First Symphony hits somewhere between the heart and the head, each pulling you back and forth between admiration…

MeIs there such a thing as being too perfect? Marianela Nuñez is definitely one of the best ballerinas around. At 44 years old, he still has great skill and total command. He can drop some wild fouettés (like tonight from…

Tthey say that Love’s Labor’s Lost is not loved by Shakespeare writers and scholars because of the mid-16th century comedy being an early example of his dramatic art – Price RSC online he recorded the ninth number in 38 games…