Author: Emily Davis
‘Bad boy come again!’ The life, death and resurrection of jungle MC Stevie Hyper D
‘Steve is the Jesus Christ of MCs, man. He died for all these guys.” With a chuckle, Darrell Austin is lionising his uncle Steve – [more…]
Beabadoobee review – singer-songwriter cautiously ups the rock ante
Beabadoobee’s stage decor – huge white drapes, an artfully placed stepladder and a dozen cans of paint – heavily implies that the indie rock singer-songwriter [more…]
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat review – finger-popping theory of the conspiracy to kill Congo’s leader
I last encountered the work of the Belgian artist and film-maker Johan Grimonprez in the documentary-reverie Double Take from 2009, which imagined an encounter between [more…]
Roy Haynes, jazz drummer whose career spanned nine decades, dies aged 99
Roy Haynes, a drummer who was one of the last remaining musicians of jazz’s swing and bebop eras, has died aged 99. His daughter Leslie [more…]
Diego Forlán: ‘Playing with professionals, just for one game, you never know’
Before the start of the Uruguay Open, the organisers of the second-string ATP Challenger tournament had an announcement. After flooding their social media pages with [more…]
Mystery surrounds John Smyth after leaving UK and Zimbabwe for South Africa
The evangelical Christian barrister John Smyth abused as many as 130 boys and young men in the UK, Zimbabwe and possibly other African countries but [more…]
Memories of a Burning Body review – tenderly conceived docudrama about the enduring sexuality of women
Costa Rican film-maker Antonella Sudasassi Furniss has curated a docudrama distilled from the experiences of three women in their 60s and 70s, who speak (off [more…]
Streeting’s hospital league table plan riles NHS medics and bosses
Wes Streeting plans to publish a football-style league table of the best- and worst-performing hospitals in England, prompting fury from NHS bosses and staff at [more…]
Brazil police eye top crime faction after brazen murder at São Paulo airport
Police investigating a brazen murder at the arrivals area of Brazil’s main airport are pursuing at least three lines of inquiry in their attempt to [more…]
Lewis Hall’s audition adds intrigue to England’s Nations League finale
Expectations are low before England close their uneven Nations League campaign with Thursday’s trip to Greece and Sunday’s home game against the Republic of Ireland. [more…]
