ALBUM OF THE MONTH: More by Pulp (June 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Tracklist: Spike Island; Tina; Grown Ups; Slow Jam; Farmers Market; My Sex; Got To Have Love; Background Noise; Partial Eclipse; The Hymn Of The North; A Sunset

30 years ago we watched Pulp headline Glastonbury and never dreamed that 28 years later at their Eventim Apollo gig we’d be yearning for new material from them.

  • Read on for reasons including where to see them on tour this year including The 02
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THEATRE REVIEW: Operation Mincemeat new UK cast at the Fortune Theatre, London

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: *****

WHEN?: Saturday 31 May 2025, booking through 28 February 2026 RUNTIME: 130 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)

The Broadway production of this musical starring its original British cast is up for 4 Tonys on Sunday (9 June 2025) and to celebrate we made our 3rd visit to this show.

  • Read on for reasons including how we couldn’t recommend this new musical more highly
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FILM REVIEW: The Ballad Of Wallis Island starring Tim Key, Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ***** RUNTIME: 100 minutes

Key and Basden wrote the screenplay for this charming film which is essentially an unlikely bromance meditating on loss, nostalgia, music, its ability to bring together and the relationship between fan and star.

  • Read on for reasons including how this is the best film of the year so far
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