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JESSICA Tsang, the new Breathe artist in residency at the Chinese Arts Centre talks to Thalia Allington-Wood about the diverting origins of her work Read more…

ANDREW Lim's First Step exhibition at the Chinese Arts Centre First Step is an artwork made up of objects formerly used to put together and arrange other artworks. A pity is slightly hidden away Read more…

AFTER two nights of lad-orientated rock, the Sunday at Delamere Forest offers something completely different in the form of Welsh opera star Katherine Jenkins. Read more…

GIANANDREA NOSEDA and the BBC Philharmonic completed their celebration of Haydn with two concerts dominated by his vocal music. Read more…

GIANANDREA Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic have a hectic Haydn programme ahead to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the great composer's death - and they got off to a great start at he Bridgewater Hall. Read more…

DOUGLAS Boyd and the Camerata ultimately disappoint as much as the audience figures for the big Haydn fest. Read more…

BACK at The Lowry after eight years, Opera North’s version of the 1950s musical by Shostakovich was as amusing as ever, and twice as snappy. Read more…

Clive James is a fan of Elbow but not Virgin Trains. Despite this, the veteran Aussie writer and broadcaster is in engaging form before a Lowry audience Read more…