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All files available for download are reproduced tracks, they're not the original music. Terminal cancer isn't the most cheerful of festive subjects, but this adaptation of Andrew O'Hagan's novel is a hymn to lifelong friendship By Jasper Rees A drag queen Margaret Thatcher and hideous wigs make Prince Andrew: The Musical a riot of ridicule
3/5 Irreverent and deliberately ridiculous, this bad taste musical is better than it has any right to be thanks to some clever writing By Anita Singh Why I’m celebrating repeats at ChristmasFrom Morecambe and Wise to It’s a Wonderful Life, re-runs are comforting at a time of year when we'd rather avoid the shock of the new Ben Lawrence Turner in January: 200-year-old watercolours that seem shockingly modern
5/5 Brought out just once a year, but now in a bright new home, these works by the great Romantic artist have never looked better By Francesca Peacock France, review: Léa Seydoux can’t quite keep this media-world satire on target
2/5 The garlanded French star and two-time Bond girl is coolly enthralling, but this broadcast-news parable lacks purpose and focus By Robbie Collin Bianca e Fernando review: the germ of Bellini’s genius
4/5 Conducted by Donato Renzetti, Opera Carlo Felice Genoa's production – now on DVD – evokes the battle between enlightenment and tyranny By Ivan Hewett A sublime Handel’s Messiah, plus the best of December’s classical and jazz concerts
4/5 With masterful conducting by Stephen Layton, Messiah's play between dark and light, hope and fear makes it ripe for the Christmas season By Ivan Hewett This Magic Flute is effervescent proof that children can enjoy opera too
4/5 With midday performances raptly attended by young and old, this Covent Garden revival serves up lots of fun and lets Mozart work his magic By Nicholas Kenyon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: a familiar tale (and a fire-breathing dragon) spreads its wings
4/5 Fun, rude and visually impressive, this year's big Edinburgh panto has settled in very nicely indeed at its larger-than-usual new home By Mark Brown The McCartney Legacy review: what Paul really got up to in the Wings years
3/5 By Jasper Rees Loaded in Paradise, review: like being stuck on a package holiday with your worst neighbours
1/5 This uneasy blend of Hunted and Love Island is sunk by its awful, attention-seeking contestants By Michael Hogan 28 Dec 2022, 10:00am Without Sin, review: Vicky McClure leaves Line of Duty behind with powerful study of grief
4/5 By Anita Singh 28 Dec 2022, 9:00am Mayflies, review: a devastating, daring ode to life, death and friendship
4/5 By Jasper Rees 27 Dec 2022, 12:00pm France, review: Léa Seydoux can’t quite keep this media-world satire on target
2/5 By Robbie Collin 28 Dec 2022, 1:58pm Turner in January: 200-year-old watercolours that seem shockingly modern
5/5 Brought out just once a year, but now in a bright new home, these works by the great Romantic artist have never looked better By Francesca Peacock 28 Dec 2022, 3:38pm The woke mob has come for the Christmas treeGalleries and museums used to delight us with their festive decorations. Now they prefer low-grade agitprop Michael Mosbacher 25 Dec 2022, 8:00am Behold the Hurricanes at the Imperial War Museum – a tribute to Britain’s heroic past
5/5 Hurricane: Unsung Hero, a breathtaking and thoughtful exhibition, brings the Second World War plane out from the Spitfire’s shadow By Simon Heffer 22 Dec 2022, 12:45pm Turner in January: 200-year-old watercolours that seem shockingly modern
5/5 Brought out just once a year, but now in a bright new home, these works by the great Romantic artist have never looked better By Francesca Peacock 28 Dec 2022, 3:38pm France, review: Léa Seydoux can’t quite keep this media-world satire on target
2/5 The garlanded French star and two-time Bond girl is coolly enthralling, but this broadcast-news parable lacks purpose and focus By Robbie Collin 28 Dec 2022, 1:58pm Bianca e Fernando review: the germ of Bellini’s genius
4/5 Conducted by Donato Renzetti, Opera Carlo Felice Genoa's production – now on DVD – evokes the battle between enlightenment and tyranny By Ivan Hewett 28 Dec 2022, 1:00pm Loaded in Paradise, review: like being stuck on a package holiday with your worst neighbours
1/5 This uneasy blend of Hunted and Love Island is sunk by its awful, attention-seeking contestants By Michael Hogan 28 Dec 2022, 10:00am Without Sin, review: Vicky McClure leaves Line of Duty behind with powerful study of grief
4/5 McClure and Johnny Harris bring a natural rawness and sense of place to the drama, elevating it beyond standard ITV thrillers |