16 Concert reviews

Manu Chao in Concert

For listeners used to the laidback charms of Chao’s recorded repetoire, the live experience is somewhat more intense!

  • Originally published: 11 Oct 2007

Lambchop

Though initially sceptical about what a live performance from these guys might be like, we were won over immediately!

  • Originally published: 28 Oct 2008

Seun Kuti & Africa 80

After a deliciously long intro, the youngest Kuti races through a short but sweet set.

  • Originally published: 25 Oct 2008

SIaS! at the Southwark Rooms

J, J’s sister and fella and I all went down last Saturday to The Southwark Rooms to see the 6 Feet Underground DJs at their second Suck It and See! night. It was a tough beat, on the face of it, filling the venue given its out-of-the-way location, but the collective did a good job …

  • Originally published: 21 Sep 2005

Ennio Morricone in London

A unique musical experience worth going down to London for.

  • Originally published: 3 Dec 2006

16 Museums & Galleries reviews

At the National Gallery

London’s National Gallery is free and packed with masterpieces. Almost makes me wish I lived or worked nearby. Almost.

  • Originally published: 31 Oct 2005

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

The Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen is one of the better reasons to visit Rotterdam.

  • Originally published: 11 Mar 2009

Body Worlds in Brussels

The art of the Ancient Greeks and of the Renaissance shares a common concern for anatomical accuracy. It comes as no surprise, then, that these were also periods in which anatomy itself was the subject of much study. Anatomy by dissection The dissection of human cadavers for academic examination was recorded in Alexandria in pre-Christian …

  • Originally published: 5 Oct 2008