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The New York indie-folk trio released their sixth record, ‘ Double Infinity ,’ last year, and soon after its release, revealed they had already made their next studio album, telling fans it is “not what you expect” . In…
Could she be … a zombie? "She just likes the Cure," weary police officer Dana Cypress (Wynonna Earp's Melanie Scrofano) assures the anxious mother at the station. It's good to get the mandatory goth joke out of the way…
"Sam was fiddling around making magic in one corner," she says – that's Sam Shepherd, AKA electronic musician Floating Points, who plays live in the show. Digital art duo Hamill Industries were there too, designing…
But the two industries do indeed have much common ground, such as big-hearted family values and a penchant for grand gestural emotions that, in the case of Mildred Okwo's somewhat heavy-footed film, trample on some…
"Sweep isn't just about external journeys, but internal as well. It can be over years and decades, or across land and sea." If that explanation is still hazy, pick up his mighty new novel, which is longlisted for this…
Until about 20 years ago, children used to play around it. Michael Sheen's compassionate and enraging exposé of the alleged poisoning of parts of his homeland decades ago by contractors working for the now defunct…
One who appears in multiple episodes this time around is Simon Callow, who previously worked with Bookish creator and star Mark Gatiss on Doctor Who , playing Charles Dickens in the first episode he wrote, The Unquiet…
"You've made me feel very important," says Russ Abbot with a smile. "Come in!" It's more than 30 years since Abbot, aged 78, dominated Saturday night TV with his sketches, songs and impersonations. He appealed to all…
Sign of the strange times, or just a way to justify some far-out comedy? Dan Tiernan's show is certainly an extreme experience, as he discusses his interest – his faith, supposedly – in healing crystals. Rose quartz for…
But for Nick Haymes, it made perfect sense. "When 9/11 happened," he says, "I realised life was very short." At the time, he was living in New York, trying to forge a career, while his friend, colleague and future wife…