Results tagged “reviews”
BOOK
Little Hands Clapping, by Dan Rhodes
Canongate, £10.99
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Dan Rhodes presents a modern grim fairytale that takes the reader to a blackly comic world peopled by eccentrics, romantics and monsters.
BOOK
The Unnamed, by Joshua Ferris
Viking, £12.99
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Author's follow-up to an impressive debut offers an ambling narrative.
DVD
Nurse Jackie (15)
Series One, £24.99
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Edie Falco creates a Florence Nightingale for the new millennium with her flawed but lovable New York nurse.
EXHIBITION
Henry Moore
Tate Britain
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
In the most important exhibition of the sculptor's work since his death, visitors are invited to re-appraise the genius.
STAGE
Neil LaBute trilogy
Greenwich Theatre
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
With The Furies linked to Helter Skelter and Land Of The Dead, Dialogue Productions launches a pincer movement against the human heart.
BOOK
London's Docklands, by Fiona Rule
Ian Allan Publishing, £19.99
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
The history of the docks from Romans era to their decline at the tail-end of the last century
STAGE
Two Women
Theatre Royal Stratford East
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
In a bruising interpretation of a Martina Cole novel, gutsy East End housewife Sue Dalston faces a life in jail for murdering her abusive husband.
POP
Sharleen Spiteri, The Movie Songbook
Mercury, £16.99
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Stepping out of the Texas shadow with a sing-a-long selection of soundtrack classics.
BOOK
On the Brink, Hank Paulson
Headline Business Plus, £18.99
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
A flurry of names and phone calls, the former US treasury secretary's book is more concerned with reliving the crisis than reviewing it
GIG
Depeche Mode, O2, Saturday February 20
5/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Depeche Mode's stylish return to The O2 helps ease bus-based pain, writes Geoff Cowart.
GIG
Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, The O2 arena
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Veteran guitar gods join forces for an evening of virtuoso fretboard fun, even if most of the hits are missing.
BOOK
The Still Point, by Amy Sackville
Portobello Books
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Julia picks over the diaries of her illustrious ancestor while examining the state of her marriage.
POP
IRM, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Because, £12.99
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Beck produces some reasonable beats and bleeps for his muse, while Gainsbourg herself provides steady if unspectacular vocals
ART
The Real Van Gogh: The Artist And His Letters
Royal Academy Of Arts
5/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Van Gogh gets to explain himself and his paintings via his prodigious correspondence.
ROCK
End Times, Eels
Vagrant, £14.99
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
A "divorce album" which is mournful without caking on the eyeliner and whining like a teenage lawnmower
BOOK
The Secret History Of Georgian London
by Dan Cruickshank
Random House, £25
IN A NUTSHELL
The TV historian assesses how the wages of sin percolated through the London economy
FILM
Up In The Air (15)
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Jason Reitman directs George Clooney in a story about a corporate hatchet man whose jetset lifestyle is destabilised by two women.
BOOK
Retromancer, by Robert Rankin
Gollancz, £14.99
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
More far fetched fiction from the prodigious inventor of curious anomalies and their bonkers consequences.
FAMILY GUY
Something Something Something Dark Side
20th Century Fox, £24.99
1/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Dear Family Guy. Movie references are not substitutes for jokes, even if there's one every two seconds. Stop it. Now.
GIG
Paul Carrack, The Barbican
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Veteran British singer serves up a skilful blend of soul, pop and rock to an appreciative audience.
