Andrew Garfield was spotted looking over his lines with his director Lin-Manuel Miranda during the first shoot day of their new film in New York on Tuesday. The dynamic duo have teamed up for Tick, Tick… Boom, adapted from a semi-autobiographical stage musical by Jonathan Larson of Rent fame. Lin-Manuel, 40, who shot to international … Read more
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Elgar Decca, out Friday Rating: Andrew Manze Vaughan Williams … Read more
Beauty Laid Bare Rating: Back In Time For The Corner Shop Rating: My taxi driver in Bristol last week gave me a sideways look, as if I were mad, when I asked which TV programmes he enjoyed. He didn’t own a television, he said. He had never owned a television, and he didn’t know anyone … Read more
The Echo Studio from Amazon is blisteringly loud and puts the myriad polite little plant pot speakers on the market to shame. And teenagers should be allowed nowhere near it By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 11 January 2020 | Updated: 13:01 GMT, 12 January 2020 Echo Studio £189.99, … Read more
I wanted to love these no-alcohol tipples, but for me, it’s either low-booze beers or making my OWN cordials and sodas By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 11 January 2020 | Updated: 11:41 GMT, 13 January 2020 Sound the booze alarm! I fear the surge in no- and low-alcohol … Read more
The Rayvolt Cruzer V3 is a gorgeous machine and about as bulky as a motorcycle… There’s just one nagging question, though: what is it for? By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 18 January 2020 Rayvolt Cruzer V3 From £3,260 … Read more
An Inspector Calls… The friendly Cornish hotel and restaurant that’s popular with locals (but you wouldn’t want to spend a romantic night there) Mannings has 30 rooms and nine apartments fronting a car park The Inspector checked into an apartment which had a ‘whiff of old shoes’ The a la carte breakfast menu comes recommended over … Read more
Now that’s what I call Ludwig! Three bumper Beethoven box sets mark the 250th anniversary of his birth… but which hits all the high notes? By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:03 GMT, 26 January 2020 Beethoven 2020: The New Complete Edition DG/Decca, out … Read more
Trains, Planes, Ships & Cars: The Golden Age 1900-1941 James Hamilton-Paterson Head of Zeus £30 Rating: Ah, the Golden Age of Travel! This is not a book to be read while you are standing cooped-up on a crowded staircase for ten minutes as part of Ryanair’s ‘Priority Boarding’. In James Hamilton-Paterson’s judgment, the Golden Age … Read more
The still burning problem of Dresden: Sinclair McKay’s masterful Dresden and David Price’s sobering The Crew show both sides of the story By Simon Griffith Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 February 2020 | Updated: 17:51 GMT, 4 February 2020 Dresden Sinclair McKay … Read more