Mike Wakelam, 1955-2020
Richard Lutz remembers Mike Wakelam, a major force in medical research who died suddenly of a suspected Covid-19 infection.
Boiled Coins
Richard Lutz looks back at a weird old week.
Living in a viral world
Richard Lutz re-adjusts to a life that has changed.
Review: Jamie Cullum
Richard Lutz listens to Jamie Cullum fill a big stage.
Review: Book of Mormon
Richard Lutz takes his pew at BIrmingham Hippodrome for the team that brought you South Park.
Above the drowning world
Richard Lutz takes to the air and witnesses the deluge.
Review: The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel
Richard Lutz takes his pew for an endearing play about two movie icons.
Cheers and Piers
Richard Lutz is blasted by a storm and blessed with a Google promise.
Kinver Edge and a trick of light
Richard Lutz rides a storm on the Kinver escarpment.
Review : 2Faced Dance/Elmhurst Ballet School
Richard Lutz reviews two productions that reflect the healthy dance world in the West Midlands.
Review: Transatlantic Sessions at Symphony Hall
Richard Lutz takes his pew for a barnstorming night of Celtic connections.
Review: Asking For It
Richard Lutz watches a searing account of sexual violence and a descent into hell.
Review: Orchestre National de Lille
Richard Lutz takes his pew for a classic performance at Symphony Hall.
50 shades of you know what
Richard Lutz tours the geometry of a grey Evenlode valley.
This cup of land
Richard Lutz explores 2,000 years of history in the Cotswolds.
Books: First class writer in the third class carriage
Richard Lutz points to the books he enjoyed in 2019. And the ones he’d rather forget.
Review: Last Night of the Christmas Proms
Richard Lutz take his pew for a fanfare of classics.
2020 and the snap of the plastic flags
Richard Lutz witnesses change and immutability as 2020 approaches.
Panto review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Richard Lutz takes his pew for Christmas technicolor mayhem at Birmingham Hippodrome.
Review: Dweezil Zappa plays Hot Rats
Richard Lutz chews his pew over Hot Rats at Birmingham Town Hall.
Voting and the long poisonous shadow of the referendum
Richard Lutz braces himself for an election that will stop the country cold in its winter tracks.
Two weeks, two walks, two winter days
Richard Lutz treks through the changes of winter.
Review: The Boy in The Dress
Richard Lutz takes his pew for a feel.good musical about change and friendship.
Review: Jools Holland at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall
Richard Lutz survives a full assault of Jools Holland.
Screengrab: The Irishman
Richard Lutz takes in a long eulogy to the Mafia life.
The fingerprints of man on the edge of winter
Richard Lutz roams through another week.
RSC Review: A Museum in Baghdad
Richard Lutz watches two plays on the same Stratford stage. But does it work?
Review: Carlos Acosta, Birmingham Hippodrome
Richard Lutz takes a pew for a Cuban spectacle.
Of haws, herons and hawks
Richard Lutz takes in the autumn.
Opera Review: The Cunning Little Vixen
Richard Lutz takes his pew at the Birmingham Hippodrome.