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TV tonight: a battle of the lawyers in this glossy John Grisham series

John Slattery stars in The Rainmaker, which is already a hit in the US. Plus: catch Fontaines DC’s set at Reading Festival. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

BBCSSO/Canellakis review – electrifying trio of women unleash the horror in Strauss’s Elektra

Making the most of a huge orchestra, conductor Karina Canellakis treated the dissonant score with relish, but the evening belonged to the singers, with even the tiniest role superbly realised

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24

LPO/Gardner review – squirrels, shepherdesses and a tumultuous storm

From Kristine Tjøgersen’s tranquil woodland reverie to Strauss’s thunderous mountainscape, the London Philharmonic – with Louise Alder – conjured colours and brought drama to this vivid programme

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

BBCNOW/Bloch/Eberle review – this was a riveting and beguiling concert

Soloist Veronika Eberle brought sweet, pure tone tone to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, with Jorg Widmann’s new cadenzas complementing the work perfectly. Music by George Benjamin and Strauss further revealed orchestra and conductor in their element

The Guardian - UK · May 15

Former Ohio State football players to join a sexual abuse lawsuit against the school

Thirty former Ohio State football players, including some former NFL players, are agreeing to join a federal lawsuit against the university over the sexual abuse of student-athletes decades ago by a team doctor

The Independent UK · May 7

Tate Modern Turbine Hall to showcase David Hockney opera sets

Immersive exhibition will form the centrepiece of the celebration of the artist’s 90th birthday next year

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16

LSO/Hannigan review – intensely fluent soprano switches into full command as conductor

Barbara Hannigan began the evening singing an intense monodrama based on Han Kang’s The White Book, then led the orchestra through unsparing Ligeti and Strauss

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

Billionaire Les Wexner to be deposed in congressional probe of Epstein files

Les Wexner’s long-time friendship with the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein will be the subject of a closed-door congressional deposition in Ohio

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Trump Mocks Jim Jordan's 'Rough' Ears at GOP Retreat, Asks If Congressman Had Plastic Surgery

Trump mocks Jim Jordan's 'rough' ears at GOP retreat, publicly asks if Ohio congressman had plastic surgery to fix cauliflower ear from wrestling career.

International Business Times UK · Jan 6

Strauss: An Alpine Symphony; Four Songs Op 27 album review – nothing is overblown or indulgent

Conductor Nicholas Collon keeps the sound clean and the pace dynamic in a bracing recording, while, in the Four Songs op 27, Louise Alder is unfailingly communicative

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025