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Whenever I go to a new barber’s and ask for my head shaved, I always get some variation on ‘Are you sure? That will leave your hair very short’. Aside from the fact that making my hair shorter is rather the point of a haircut, there’s often a slightly uneasy edge to these moments, polite […]
Continue ReadingJenny Lewis has come to epitomise 21st century American rock and roll. From leading Rilo Kiley to being one half of Jenny and Jonny to guesting for Brandon Flowers, Wavves and everyone in between, she is somewhat unavoidable. Clearly not believing in holidays, she is rewarding us with her third solo album, making it ten […]
Continue ReadingFor long-time fans of the stage musical of Les Misérables, it has been hard to approach the film production other than on a rollercoaster of trepidation. From the mere idea of making it into a film, through the sometimes surprising casting news to the first set photos of what appeared to be a giant barricade […]
Continue ReadingIf the trailer is anything to go by, the latest screen adaptation of Les Miserables certainly isn’t aiming for laughs. We catch fleeting glimpses of poverty, death, tragedy, and revolution, all plunged into the same gloomy, gritty atmosphere of historical verisimilitude. And in the background, omnipresent and all pervasive, we hear the musical’s signature song, […]
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