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Christopher Cross Rolls Back The Years
Christopher Cross certainly made an impression after he arrived on the pop scene, winning new fewer than five Grammy awards for his 1979 self-titled debut album. A year later he…
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Chesney Hawkes: still in demand 35 years on from The One and Only
It is appropriate (or perhaps a cruel irony) that Chesney Hawkes’ one big hit is called The One and Only. That track claimed the top spot in the charts back…
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Sananda Maitreya showcases his fine back catalogue in first show of UK tour
Nearly four decades after he burst onto the international music scene with his album Introducing the Hardline According to …, the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sananda Maitreya is still something…
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Hamilton lives up to the hype with a dazzling evening of singing, rapping and dance
Very few musicals – or artistic productions of any kind – receive near-universal acclaim of the kind that has greeted Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton since it was unleashed on the world…
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Forty years on, Mike and the Mechanics are still going strong
The early indicator at Mike and the Mechanics concert at the Ipswich Regent Theatre was not positive: the band’s founder, Mike Rutherford, shuffled on stage with a crutch before gingerly…
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Wet Wet Wet Kick-off Tour In Norwich
Even with a new lead singer, the love is – still – all around for Wet Wet Wet Finding a replacement lead singer cannot be easy for any band, but…
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Kershaw’s Finely Crafted Songs Get A Warm Reception In Norwich
Compared to many solo artists, Nik Kershaw may seem to be a slightly unlikely pop star. Relatively undemonstrative, his stage manner is poles away from the attention-grabbing flamboyance that serves…
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Barenaked, Exchanging Corn In Flight
Ok, so are you intrigued? Now that we have your attention, we’ll divulge, and hopefully you’ll it’ll be worth your while clicking on this titillating title. First things first. There’s…
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The Clare School 1907 – 2023 Making Every Day Special
The Clare School is described by Ofsted as: ‘A magical place, filled with joy and happiness, fun and laughter.’ This is much deserved praise for Norwich’s oldest surviving special school.…
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McCallum And Joseph Explore Issues Of The Caribbean In Their Poetry
Colonialism, slavery and fatherhood were among the issues at the fore of the latest evening held as part of UEA Live, the successor to the UEA Literary Festival. This double-header…
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Shamsie Explores New Ground With Every Novel
Kamila Shamsie, the Pakistani-British writer, believes that some authors write one novel that is well received and then spend the rest of their career cranking out different versions of the…
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A novel 15 years in the making
Leone Ross’s new novel, This One Sky Day, which was described by The Guardian as a book that will “reward those who are able to surrender to its capaciousness and…
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