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Johnny Cash: American VI – Ain’t No Grave

February 23rd, 2010

Seven years on from Johnny Cash’s death you wonder how much more material can be released that is both original and great to listen to. Remarkably this latest release from the Americans series manages to achieve this without resorting to rehashing old tracks to make up the numbers.
The American series began in the early 1990s [...]

Backbeat at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

February 23rd, 2010

There probably hasn’t been a more talked about band in the history of rock‘n’roll than the Beatles. The Fab Four were famous across the globe in the 1960s and still are some 40 years after they split up.
However, Backbeat recalls the period before the band was famous and contained a less familiar line up, with [...]

Going Gaga in Manchester

February 23rd, 2010

Having scooped three awards at the Brits, Lady Gaga kicked off her tour of Britain and Ireland in Manchester on February 18th. The eccentric American songstress, who takes her name from the Queen hit Radio Gaga, certainly didn’t disappoint her fans with a huge array of costumes and special effects at the start of her [...]

Another Epic Tolstoy Tale in the Last Station

February 23rd, 2010

Most people will have heard of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and appreciate that it is a whopper of a book, which I would venture few ever managed to finish. Fortunately this new film doesn’t take so long to watch and is based on the final year of Tolstoy’s life.
The year of 1910 is [...]

The Thirties: An Intimate History by Juliet Gardiner

February 23rd, 2010

The 1930s is arguably a decade of British life overlooked by many historians given the rich pickings of events that followed in the forties. Of course the political history of Britain, the growing threat of Hitler’s Germany, the abdication of King Edward VIII and ongoing debates over British rule of India are among those stories [...]

Best of the Best – Art Galleries

February 10th, 2010

By: Clair Jons
In any city in the world that you choose to visit, you will be sure to find at least one art gallery. However, some of them are so well-known, that people will literally travel the world to find them. These most famous galleries house the great masterpieces of the world.
Probably the most famous [...]