Breaking big at the peak of Britpop, Neil Hannon has been one of our smartest and most playful lyricists for over 30 years. Winsome songs about pollen counts, fading socialites, eccentric aristocrats

Basic Country Mustard

ELEANOR awoke with a start from a dream. Then she realised gradually, and with immense relief, that it was only a dream. It was one of the same sort that had been disturbing her sleep for some time. T

Spinal ¨ Tap II: The End Continues ...

CONCERT HEAVEN Careful the tale you tell Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Simon Lepper (piano) et al Wigmore Hall (December 2020) My ‘Concert Heaven’ choice is a recital called ‘Careful the tale you tel

Nico-voiced conjuror of Cornish drone-folk rituals