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Liberated from its ludicrous libretto: how the magnificence of Oberon can be properly heard at last

Full of panache and originality, Weber’s grand opera is the work of a composer at the height of his powers – but its plot is a load of nonsense. The conductor of its Proms premiere celebrates its brilliance

The Guardian - UK

CMAT voices surprise after winning Ivor Novello Award for Best Album: ‘English people don’t give me awards’

Sam Fender, Rosalia and Scottish singer Jacob Alon joined the Irish singer in picking up awards for songwriting

The Independent UK

Ivor Novello award nominees reflect gender disparity in British and Irish songwriters, with twice as many men as women

Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and Kae Tempest lead this year’s Ivors, with two nominations each

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Hitchcock’s The Lodger has been turned into a vertical microdrama. What’s next – Psycho on Snapchat?

A silent-era classic has been reframed for the vertical scroll of phone screens. Is this innovation, sacrilege, or just another way to repackage cinema history?

The Guardian - UK

‘What a magic trick’: why Gosford Park is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers fondly sharing their go-to mood-lifting films is a journey to the countryside with Robert Altman in charge

The Guardian - US

The Lodger review – ingenious penny dreadful take on Hitchcock’s foggy mystery

Puppetry and silent cinema techniques are used to retell Marie Belloc Lowndes’ novel and its film version in a show played for laughs rather than thrills

The Guardian - UK

Autograph book with signatures from the Beatles and the Stones to be sold

The autographs were collected by a 16-year-old who befriended a caretaker who worked at Salisbury City Hall where the Beatles were playing in 1963.

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Gawn Grainger obituary

Actor, playwright and screenwriter who was a stalwart of the National Theatre under Laurence Olivier

The Guardian - UK

Actor and writer Gawn Grainger dies aged 87

A prolific performer with the National Theatre, the actor and playwright – who was married to Zoë Wanamaker – was also a regular on TV, starring in Doctor Who

The Guardian - UK

Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 review – when being gay meant going underground

These beautifully written letters, diary entries and extracts from novels, skilfully edited by Peter Parker, add up to an essential study of postwar gay life

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s never worked a day in his life!’: Paul McCartney honours Bruce Springsteen at Ivor Novello awards

Springsteen receives Academy fellowship as Raye named songwriter of the year, and Yussef Dayes, Victoria Canal and Speakers Corner Quartet pick up major awards

The Guardian - UK

Sampha, Yussef Dayes and Daniel Pemberton top Ivor Novello award nominations

Sampha and Dayes get nods for best album and share in nomination for Sampha’s song Spirit 2.0, at awards for British songwriting and composition

The Guardian - UK

The Land of Might-Have-Been review – Ivor Novello meets Vera Brittain in a new wartime musical

Two doomed romances are at the heart of this effective show, which deftly weaves together Brittain’s feminist memoir and Novello’s sentimental songs

The Guardian - UK

George Logan obituary

Entertainer and musician who took on the persona of Dr Evadne Hinge in the comedy duo Hinge and Bracket

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Coronation composer Iain Farrington on making music fit for a king – and what the cameras didn’t show

One of 12 coronation composers, Farrington’s brief was to reflect the music of the Commonwealth. On the organ. In five minutes. He tells us about a day of the sublime and the ridiculous

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sting to Get Highest Ivors Honor at Songwriting Awards

Music star Sting will be honored at this year's Ivors, the annual awards honoring songwriters and screen composers, receiving an Ivors Academy fellowship, organisers said on Wednesday. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the UK-based Ivors Academy to those "who have truly reshaped and redefined the art and…

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Benediction' is a shattering biopic of the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon

"Benediction," Terence Davies' achingly beautiful portrait of the English war poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, is a movie of acute sadness and intense pleasure. The pleasure and the sadness are inextricable, which seems fitting, given how closely aesthetic bliss and moral despair were entwined in Sassoon's own art. In furious,…

Daily Record

Peter Kay delights fans with rare appearance at Ivor Novello Awards

The 48-year-old wowed audience members after he spoke to a crowd of attendees at awards ceremony.

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