Sounds way more entertaining than what has been served up by #mufc on the pitch

February books of the month, including new novel by Nobel winner Han Kang. For The Independent #booklovers independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Those of us who worked with Paddy Barclay will all be saddened by this news...

RIP #GeneHackman independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

In Julian Barnes's "Benign Republic”, there would be a 50-year ban on any Old Etonian becoming prime minister. His reflections are among my picks for books of the month - for The Independent independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

#Bookrecommendations for April - for The Independent independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

'I’m exactly as I appear. There is no warm, lovable person inside' An evaluation of Gore Vidal in his centenary year. For The Independent #books independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Interview with Janette Mason - talked about her fine new album, working with #Oasis and forthcoming gigs at PizzaExpress Live & Vortex Jazz Club For UK Jazz News ukjazznews.com/janette-mason-…

Here's the #BookRecommendation column for May... for The Independent independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Happy 80th birthday to #ChristyMoore - one of Ireland's greatest musicians udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-c…

Exciting news: Hay Festival announces final guests for The Independent 'News Review' panel series 2025 - with chairing by Martin Chilton, Helen Coffey & Bel Trew independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

The 2025 The Independent 'News Review' at Hay Festival: speakers Dr Friederike Otto, Harriet Wistrich & John Browne discuss the breaking news with chief book critic Martin Chilton - including the Indy's front page story on #Starmer by David Maddox Pic credit: Adam Tatton-Reid/Hay Festival

Three cracking reads for June's fiction, biography and non-fiction books of the month - for The Independent #BooksWorthReading independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Lalo Schifrin died this week. Genius is an over-used word. Boy, was he talented. What a body of jazz and film music work... independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

“It's all music to me,” he said, joking that mixing jazz and classical was like being “the Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde” of composing #laloschifrin tribute

Some #BooksWorthReading for July - column for The Independent independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

A dismal stat I learned this month: 60% of all apparel purchased by football clubs is never even used. It ends up being “dumped or burned”. 'Injury Time: Football in a State of Emergency' is one of my books of the month for August - for The Independent independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

A celebration of Duke Ellington's music and a talk about the Harlem Renaissance - at Southbank Centre next month, with Nu Civilisation Orchestra Tomorrow's Warriors Soweto Kinch Bonnie Greer - preview for UK Jazz News ukjazznews.com/harlem-renaiss…

September's books of the month - a fine lot - for The Independent #BookRecommendations independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

RIP Robert Redford 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', the film that made his name, is spellbinding. Via The Independent #robertredford independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…